Demi Love - Week 1

[I don't think I have ever played in this Maxis-made house before, but now is the time - this is the new home of...

...Demi Love, former Police Officer and NPC. She was eligible to become a permanent resident of New Maximiliania because of her surname being that of a playable Sim, original student Sarah Love.
You can read about how and where she moved in here.
Her "relative", Sarah, has died of old age some time ago; I am not sure the two ladies ever met.

Demi dreams of becoming Education Minister - her work in the Police Force must have shown her that good education is the best crime prevention. She is a Knowledge Sim and has 16,929 Simoleons left after purchasing the house.

You can see she will need some of that money - the house is spacious for one person, but sparsely furnished. I do what I often do when a Sim moves to a new place: I let them decide on what to buy first. In Demi's case, she wishes for a fridge and a book case.

Also, she needs a job in the Education career if she wants to make her lifetime want come true. Mr. Humble has already delivered his customary welcome package, and Demi is lucky - she can start as a Substitute Teacher tomorrow. Her good skill profile certainly helps.

Another one of her "relatives" is former NPC student Ryker Love. The two are friends, but not good enough friends yet for Ryker to move in. He happily accepts Demi's invitation to visit her at her new place, though.

The welcome committee consists of Beta Beaker, Stephen Riley and Lance Landgraab (not pictured). Demi quickly set up a table and chairs and prepared a batch of hamburgers.

Then, Isabella Indie rings and invites her for an outing. As I still want to stick to my rule of sending my Sims to a community lot at least once a week, and Demi is not overly tired yet, she accepts the invitation. The taxi drops the group off in front of Belle's Boutique and Tayloring.

Demi can't keep wearing her uniform now that she is not in the force anymore. And what better company for clothes shopping than a group of ladies! Jill Smith (next to Demi), Isabella Indie (the elderly lady) and Meike Riley help her choosing outfits for all seasons and occasions.

On Tuesday morning, the alarm clock on Demi's bedside table rings just in time for her to have a bath and get dressed before the car pool arrives to take her to her first day at the school.

She returns home not only with a promotion to Elementary School Teacher, but also with colleague Nellie Newson in tow. Nellie's uncle Gavin is just passing by when the ladies get off the car. He seems to find their driver very attractive!

Nellie helps Demi with marking, a task all teachers are familiar with. (Of course there is no such thing in this game, but let's pretend there is.)
Later, Demi pays her bills (80 Simoleons) and then goes jogging to fulfil a wish and get her back in shape.

Yesterday's running has paid of very quickly, and so has Nellie's help with the marking - Demi is promoted to High School Teacher on Wednesday. Her work outfit is still the same, but she is now taken to and from work in a better car.

Maintaining existing and establishing new friendships is important, especially for a Sim living alone like Demi. Here she is talking on the phone to friends before leaving for work, in spite of looking still a bit tired.

And again, her efforts have paid off when she returns from work as University Guest Lecturer!

Her schedule has changed now, so that she has more time in the morning. She takes advantage of that on Friday and prepares herself a nice omelette for breakfast.

After work, she invites Ryker Love over again. Strangely, she makes the "attraction" gesture in spite of him showing a crossed-out bolt in her relationship panel. Also, no romantic interaction is possible between the two; maybe the game does indeed consider them as related! (But in that case, the "attraction" gesture should not be possible, either.)
- - - Moments after I had typed this, all of a sudden, romantic interactions WERE possible, as if the game wanted to prove me wrong! I am not working on that just yet, though.

In fact, Demi seems really much more interested in making her "long lost relative" a best friend for life than a lover.

It is Saturday morning, and while the repairman is here to look after the clogged toilet, Demi has all the time in the world to ring her friends - she does not work on weekends.

It has become considerably colder, and she spends some time in the brisk morning air playing with a paper plane she made out of today's newspaper.

One of her oldest and best friends, Cedric Stacks, comes visiting on his own accord, wanting to know how she's been getting on during her first week as a resident New Maximilianian.

Demi invites a few other of her friends over and then proceeds to cooking. But although she is actually not a bad cook, she is destracted and burns the mac'n cheese. Never mind, everyone still eats it.

Nellie Newson and Perseida Powers are new friends; Nellie was her colleague when she started work at the school earlier this week, while Perseida was part of the group Isabella Indie had gathered for her outing on Monday night.

After last night's little imprompty party, Demi wakes up on Sunday morning and discovers that it is snowing.

It stops snowing, but a little has remained on the ground by the time she is dressed and ready to greet passing Sims, such as Ariel Capp here.

She has become best friends with Ryker Love over the phone and invites him to join her for Sunday lunch. The chili con carne is warming and delicious, but when she asks Ryker if he wants to move in, he says no.

This was Demi's first week on her own. She did well in her career and with her friendships. The house is still not furnished and decorated in much detail, as she has been working hard and spun no more wishes for items to be bought.

Will she keep getting one promotion after the other? Is there a chance for her and Ryker to combine households... and maybe become more than just friends?