EightSimDay2

Luckily, the raccoon got them up early, so there's time to cook, even though the food we cooked last night has gone bad. It's challenging with only two bathrooms, but with so much time at our disposal, I manage to have seven of them go off to work in reasonable shape except for Energy. We'll all go to bed early tonight, and I sure do miss Simlogical's No Scavengers Mod mod, which gets rid of raccoons, roaches, Claire the Bear, skunks, gophers, bunnies, and non-plate flies!

Ginger didn't get a turn at the bathroom in time to go to work in a good mood, so I decide to keep her home to make a friend, in the hopes that Diego will get promoted again. Even if he doesn't, we'll need that friend shortly, and after eight sims with Zero Neatness points have all taken showers, the place needs a little attention. (I gave all of my sims 0 Neatness, 6 Outgoing, 7 Active, 6 Playful, and 6 Nice, because this makes it much easier to make friends.) Ginger bathes and mops up a lot of puddles, then gets her Comfort and Fun back up by sitting down and watching TV while I wait for the daily walk-bys to give us a friend prospect.

The first walk-by is a dog, but the second is one of the sims I made in the Neighbors family, Ruth. What are Ruth's interests? I consult my sheet, and see that her interests are Travel, Weather, Sports, Music, and Parties. Ginger's interests are Travel, Politics, Weather, Style, and Hollywood. Hmm. Two interests in common isn't ideal, but it's enough to try it at least. Since Ruth is a sim I made, she has the same personality profile I gave above. Six Playfulness will make her like jokes and tickles, Six Niceness will made her like compliments, and Six Outgoingness will make her enjoy social interaction in general. Seven Active will enable her to stand up long enough to socialize for a long time. :-)

Ginger, go greet Ruth, then Talk, Talk, Entertain (Joke), Compliment, Tickle, then repeat that sequence. Mercifully, Ginger decides to talk about Travel and Weather, the two interests she and Ruth have in common, so it isn't long before they're friends.

We made that friend just in time, because the two Fashion guys and the two who'd been promoted in Politics all come home. Diego has gotten his second promotion. Yes! Those lovely promotion bonuses! I set Bill to building Creativity so he can get promoted tomorrow while Diego attends to needs, and Ginger cooks dinner. I buy a second mirror and set the Politics folks to building Charisma.

The Politics folks who didn't get promoted yesterday come home at 6, and Anna and Henry have now been promoted. Excellent! With all those promotion bonuses, we can afford a third bathroom, which will really help in the morning.

Nobody has much Energy, what with the 4:30 a.m. raccoon wake-up call, so the few who are hungry eat Ginger's cooking, and everybody goes to bed early.

Not as exciting a day as yesterday, but three bathrooms, one friend, and three more promotions makes me happy, and I'll take it. :-)

Onward to Day 3

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