I -finally- got it to work. The first time I took out my mods- I took out my nraas ones to no avail. Finally, in sheer frustration, I took out the entire folder (the only thing left in it was a default replacement skin and a default replacement eye set).
Lord knows why but it worked. The next time I sent my sims off they had a schedule. After that I was able to put -all- my mods back in game and play like normal. I tried to send more sims and the issue is officially gone. Strangest bug ever.