The Powers Household - Week 11

(Week 10 is here.)

This house was not always light blue, but I really like it that way. Maybe you remember it as the place originally assigned by Maxis to the Grunt family, General Tank and his sons. They have long since moved on - literally and metaphorically - and the house was then owned by Jonah Powers, his partner Roxie Sharpe and her brother Edwin. Jonah gave birth to Perseida after a visit with the Aliens. One after the other, Jonah, Roxie and Edwin died peacefully of old age, leaving Perseida on her own.

Here she is, just getting up and writing in her diary.
Perseida never had to work in her life; the joint household account boasts an impressive 335,000 Simoleons. She could afford working on her lifetime want all the time and managed to have 20 best friends while still at uni.
There is currently no romantic interest among her relationships, and she knows several 2-bolt-men but no 3-bolter.

It is Tuesday when I enter the household, as I left off here last time with the death of Edwin Sharpe. In spite of the snow, Perseida does some gardening on her own accord just as the mail carrier delivers today's bills.
Other than paying the bills, greeting passing neighbours and talking to her friends on the phone I am not going to direct Perseida much.

Johnson Fleig, former head of the Aspirational Laboratories and recently moved to New Max permanently, walks by and spends the rest of the afternoon and evening as Perseida's guest.

Perseida seems not to be much interested in cooking. Whenever she gets too hungry, she grabs herself a drink or a bag of crisps or cookies, just like she does here on Wednesday morning for breakfast.

Today, Carmelo Capp walks by...

...followed some time later by Kennedy Smith.

Perseida has an odd sleeping pattern: She will lay in one of the three beds in the house, sleep a little, but get up again long before she is fully rested.
As she is on Permanent Platinum, I do not do much about her or her wishes, but when she rolls the want to buy an orchard tree and a garden plot, I decide it is a good idea and let her have both.

Perseida's disinterest in cooking and healthy eating becomes more and more apparent. On Thursday, she eats about 4 or 5 bags of crisps and cookies altogether, dotted throughout the day. Of course, none of it is really filling.

No wonder then that she keeps reminding ME (!) of how hungry she is - when all she needs to do is go to her well-stocked fridge and make herself a salad or sandwich, a plate of spaghetti or anything else that is possible with two cooking points.
I seriously begin to worry that I may lose Perseida to starvation, brought on entirely by herself.

Two wolves play with each other while Perseida has one of her many naps, usually interrupted by another snack in the shape of cookies or crisps.

When Camryn Lee walks by and I have Perseida greet her, my hope is that she will serve a meal for her guest - sometimes a Sim will do that, if not for their own sake, then at least for their guests. But what does Perseida do? She goes to bed, leaving Camryn to her own devices.

On Friday, I want to see what Perseida does when she has more than just one casual guest, and have her throw a party for a bunch of her friends (I am sure you recognise some of them). The guests arrive, and what does their hostess do? She goes to bed and sleeps through the entire party, which, by the way, still turns out a success!

Apart from her less than healthy diet and irregular sleeping pattern, Perseida is quite capable of looking after herself, her house and garden. She begins Saturday morning with a nice hot bath.

Later that day, I have her invite Cooper Seifert over. He is a firm candidate for permanent residency in New Max, what with his surname being one of a real-life colleague of mine.
The two of them get along very well, but in spite of it being spring, neither of them starts any romantic interaction. It might have something to do with the one chemistry bolt between them.

Sunday sees Perseida doing more gardening; she has been clipping her rose bushes and pulling weeds almost every day this week.

She is unwell and almost everything she does interrupted by coughing fits. With her living on cookies and crisps, it is no wonder that her body can not fend off colds and other diseases.

Half-brother and good friend Sirius Swain comes visiting, and then - you guessed it - it is time for bed again.

Monday morning is the beginning of summer, and I have Perseida change into different clothes found in the household wardrobe.

I also realise that it is her last day of the week (which began on Tuesday for her), and she has not yet been to a community lot. I make her drive over to Hunter's Park, certainly an attractive spot in the summer.

At first, not many other Sims are there.

But by the time Perseida has autonomously grilled hotdogs, Camryn Lee, Isabella Indie and a few other New Maximilianians have appeared. Perseida joins one of her many half-siblings, Lilo Landgraab, at the table.

Back home, she takes care of a few household chores.

Then, she invites Cooper Seifert over and asks him to join her here as a permanent resident of New Maximiliania. Cooper accepts, adding exactly 1 Simoleon to the bank account! Never mind, Perseida has more money than she'll ever be able to spend.

Cooper is a Knowledge Sim and has the lifetime want of becoming City Planner. He is lucky and finds a job in the architectural career right away.

His skill profile is interesting: Full charisma - and nothing else! His inventory is empty.

In the evening, I find Perseida gardening again. And just as I am thinking, 'nobody has been playing with the model railway set all week'...

...she puts aside her gardening shears and plays with the railway! I love it how the little streetlghts light up at night, and even the train windows.

Cooper has changed out of his rather overdressed outfit into something more comfortable and more summerly.

The two new housemates end the evening in the dining room. Now that Cooper is here, fully directed by me, Perseida will get proper meals whenever she decides to join in.

So far, there is nothing romantic going on between the two. Are they going to remain "just friends"? Is Cooper going to advance in his career and stay here at Perseida's?