ia doesn’t get much attention now that Ansel has been born.

But Ansel doesn’t seem particularly pleased.

She entertains herself by playing with her toys. Finally, Ordell gets a little while to himself.

Freedom!

Alayna does not appreciate being woken up from her slumber.

“I have an idea. Why don’t we go to our friends’ house and have a birthday party for me? We can leave Ansel with a babysitter. It’s a win for everyone!”



“Wow, dad. This was an excellent idea.”



His birthday goes off pretty well. With his old age being closer than ever, Ordell decides to start working on his childhood dream of being a doctor.

Ansel ages up and she looks lots like her dad.

Along with THAT face.

Ordell didn’t realize that being an Orde-lly (as he refers to it to his wife and children incessantly) involved this much contact with people. He thought it was going to be a lot more cleaning up mess. Every day, he is an uncomfortable ball of nerves and gets home super tense.

At least the family is getting along.

They are always kissing. If uncomfortable had a face…

“This is A-Okay. This is A-Okay.”

Alayna takes care of the crops, but they are still not bringing in as much money as they should. Ordell is not doing that well in his job either. He didn’t know orderlies get paid commiserate with performance instead of hours but apparently that’s a thing.

As if Ordell didn’t have enough things to worry about, the poor guy gets abducted. Thankfully, he didn’t fall pregnant.

One late night, Alayna keeps him up for an important conversation.

“Sweetheart, we should move.”



“What, why? We can’t afford to move. We can barely afford to live here. Our electricity has been cut off nearly every single time we’ve gotten a bill, Alayna.”



“It’s my fault. I thought I’d be bringing in enough with my fishing business but with the location of our home, it’s really hard to go out and fish. If we can live near a river - not even like next to it, just near it - I promise that our crops will get better and I will start bringing in more money.”



“I don’t get it. Why don’t you just get a job?”

“This is my job! I’m getting up in age and the girls won’t have me around forever. Ordell, listen to me. If you want this family to thrive, we need to move.”



“Let me… just give me a little time, okay?”



With that, nothing is resolved.

Worried, Ordell basically ignores all his needs until the hospital gives him a promotion. Maybe now they’ll be able to afford it.

In the meantime, Alayna has become an elder and Aria has become a teenager.

After an intense weight-loss regime, Aria gets a makeover.

She’s, uh, impressed?