First of all, it wasn't that cold all the time. When she first moved in, there wasn't even any snow on the ground for two or three days, and she'd go outside without putting on outerwear. She didn't get heavy snow until Friday of that first week - that's when she made her first snowangels and snowmen.
My top three job choices for her would've been adventurer, show biz, or natural science. Each of them would provide some way of keeping all needs up. But education was on the rung just under those three - along with gamer, among others - so when it appeared in the paper the very first day, I grabbed it. She kept looking every day, but nothing better came along. (Not until after she'd already lifted her restriction. Grrr.)
Permaplatness and maxed skills meant that Saga pretty much just had to show her face at work to get promoted - except when there were chance cards. She got promoted to high school teacher on Monday, got a bad chance card on Tuesday and was demoted, immediately returned to work and came back home re-promoted. Then on Thursday she got a good chance card and was promoted, went back to work right away and got a second promotion the same day... So I guess those chance cards cancelled each other out.
That first Monday afternoon she snagged walk-by Marisa Bendett and invited her in for jello, then told this complete stranger all about being in love with two men. Right. But what was worse, I got so caught up in getting them to friends that I neglected Saga's needs, and then had to fix them all quick. Which meant that it wasn't until she'd gone to work Tuesday morning that I realized I'd completely missed her weekly chance at using the phone... Baaaad move. Well, fortunately she had really good relationships with all her important friends (the potential future spouses) when she graduated, so they should last another week.
Ratna wasn't the only one who stopped by. One of her earlier lovers, George, came by one afternoon as well, and the two of them are now very good friends again. Well, Saga is still in love with him, but she wouldn't want me to tell you that.
On Sunday when she got her final promotion to Education Minister, her friend Alicia was waiting for her outside the house. They spent most of the afternoon having a snowball fight. (Then Alicia went inside and broke the sink.)
And later that night, Ratna came by. I thought he was going to ring her doorbell again, and was very happy because I figured I could move him in without having to wait for Tuesday... but no, he was dropping off a stupid statue as a thank you for a date looooong ago. Because a statue is exactly what you need to survive the apocalypse, you know. With the artist restriction still in place, I had to put it in Saga's inventory.
I'm pretty good at keeping my sims from going off to do stupid things, but she got away from me one time. I had lined up eight handwashes in a row, then hit speed three, and wasn't quick enough to slow it down again before she went to make herself some cereal. And of course this happened on her one day off the whole week... She had to spend most of that day meditating. All for a bowl of cereal.
Where did she get these gym clothes? Have I downloaded those? I must have, I guess... I mean, the top is fine, the pants are okay, but... Would you meditate in those boots? And the outfit comes complete with tattoos, which of course disappear when she changes into other clothes.
Her everyday outfit is perfectly fine, but then I hardly ever see it. It's always PJs, work clothes, or gym clothes.
As soon as midnight on Tuesday rolled around, she called Ratna and invited him over. They had a quickie wedding in the snow, in their outerwear, at 1 am, then went inside and celebrated with their first woohoo. (Yes, their first. Her first, his first, and their first.) I heard a lullaby...
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