Camryn Lee: Week 2

Week 1 with Camryn is here.

Phew! After that enormous struggle through a Sim-week with the Landgraabs, I am really looking forward to a nice, smooth and easy week here at the modest house overlooking the sea.

Camryn Lee, former townie, lives here. She is still at her same job (Inventor) and has the same lifetime want as when I left her - to have 20 best friends. No nasty surprises waiting for me this time, it seems!

Just like last time I played her, she begins her mornings by looking after her fish - so far, her only permanent company.

Before and after work, she is on the phone, either making new friends or strengthening her established friendships. On this Monday evening, Lance Landgraab becomes her 11th best friend.

Tuesday is a day off for Camryn, and she takes advantage of it by dedicating all morning to house and garden work.

A townie wearing exactly the same outfit as her walks by, but I want Camryn to get on with her tasks and therefore do not make her talk to the woman.

An afternoon nap replenishes Camryn's energy so much that I let her have a party. To slip into a nice dress, get on the phone to invite a handful of friends over and call for the pizza service is a matter of minutes for her - she loves to entertain!

Nothing like a game of kicky-bag among friends, is there!

It's back to work on Wednesday, but Camryn gives the day an extra bit of joy when she makes her best friend # 12 in Brittany Mace.

Thursday is Camryn's second day off this week, and she has a leisurely breakfast, paper on the table and all.

It is early afternoon before she is ready to leave the house, and the 3-in-1 bookstore is where she's headed.

There, she meets and greets several New Maximilianians, such as Jared Starchild, Marcus Balduin and Nery Turner. She spends all afternoon at the store, buying a magazine, having a drink at the bar and talking to other visitors.

Back home, Calogero Capp walks past and is duly invited in.

The so far empty corner in the large open plan kitchen / dining room is turned into a cosy reading spot, with the newly bought magazine neatly laid out on the coffee table.

Friday is the first day of spring, but there is still enough chill in the air for Camryn to want warm trousers and closed shoes. During a phone call with one of her townie friends, she learns that she's been given a very expensive TV set to test. (You know how such messages sometimes pop up since the reputation system that came into our games with Freetime.)
But Camryn is not the least bit interested in watching telly, and so instead of testing the device, she sell it, with a clear idea of what she wants for that unexpected extra money:

A car! And of course it has to be green :-)
(She really had that wish, and although I am not at all into cars in real life, I don't mind my Sims having them if it makes them happy.)

It snows again on Saturday morning - obviously not good for some of the spring flowers that have already emerged in Camryn's front garden! She has to dispose of two flower beds.

As she has already had two days off work this week, she works all weekend. After her Saturday shift at the lab, colleague Wilma Riley comes home with her. The two ladies are friends by the time Wilma leaves.

Sunday passes by totally uneventful with Camryn all day at work and her usual before and after routines: feed the fish, clean the fish tank, have a bath, make the bed, make a phone call before work; make more phone calls after work, rinse and repeat :-)
Like last week, someone kicked her trash can over - I didn't see who, as I wasn't looking while the game was on fast forward.

Well, that was indeed a smooth and easy Sim-week, so relaxing after the Landgraabs' struggle! And although Camryn has not made another best friend for the rest of the week after Wednesday, there are several in the making.

Next will be a Sim I have not played before - Jason Lewis, former Landlord.