A Day in the Life

Doris doesn't work until 3pm, so she has a lot of time to kill in the mornings. She usually does the same thing.

She gets up and makes breakfast.

Then she heads out to her garden to weed, water, and harvest her plants.

Then, because gardening is dirty work, the cruel deity above commands her to face the horrific ordeal of a shower.

"I have to WHAT???"

I know. How could I be so cruel?

On this particular day, Doris had even more time than usual on her hands, so when she finished being melodramatic about her shower, she headed to a beach to hang out. She met local heiress and legendary Sim crankypants, Agnes Crumplebottom (Yes, that is her real name. No, I did not name her or create her).

Agnes is known for being a bit of a grouch, but Doris is friendly, and most Sims respond well to her. Look, she can even make a good impression while talking about toilets.

Then she and Agnes really hit it off when they discovered that they were both hopeless romantics. They talked for a while about their common trait and shared their hope of meeting their perfect match.

Before their connection could blossom into friendship, Doris dashed off for work. I hope they see more of each other. I get the feeling Agnes could really use a friend.

Doris

Doris does not live in the same neighborhood as the Sullivan Sims, but I thought she deserved a spot in the rotation anyway. At least it means I would play her from time to time. Originally, she had her hair in a bun, but since RealDoris pretty much never wears her hair in a bun now, I decided to let SimDoris's hair out.

Doris is a Couch Potato, a Natural Cook, Hydrophobic, a Hopeless Romantic, and Friendly. When I started (Saturday Sim time) she was an Ingredient Taster at the restaurant.

Doris lives in a tiny little house. The living room reminds me of tropical fruit. She also has pink flamingoes in her lawn, which is too awesome for words.

For a hydrophobe, Doris had to deal with a lot of random water in her life for the first couple of days. First she had to endure the horrifying experience of showering - always reduces her to blubbery tears.

Then her sink sprang a leak and she had to fix it herself because she's too poor to call in a repair technician.

By Monday she had been promoted to Line Cook, but she still wore the same outfit to work.

Parenting

Helena has the Easily Impressed and Friendly traits. I think the Friendly trait makes her more likely to get lonely if left to herself for long periods of time. She can barely get through a night by herself.

Zelda was granted a few days' maternity leave, so the two of them devoted their time helping Helena learn some necessary skills.

They potty-trained her.

I am proud to report that Helena didn't have an accident the whole time. Zelda and Noah were scrupulous about taking her to the potty as soon as she needed to go.

They taught her to talk.

"Repeat after me: 'Music is life.'"

I guess it's never too early for "that" talk.

They taught her to walk.

Noah reads books to her before she goes to sleep. If they read enough, Helena will have a head start on the Painting skill.

Zelda supervised her when she played on her xylophone.

Uh-oh! Do you see what I see? Yup, at some point during the days following Helena's first birthday, Zelda had changed into maternity clothes. And sure enough, a few days later (I played this game one day longer so I could name the baby) David Bergman was born. He was born Good, and he Loves the Outdoors.

This time, Noah had the presence of mind to call a babysitter while he and Zelda went to the hospital.

Welcome to the world, David!

And that ends Noah and Zelda's week. Next up: Doris!