GOAL FOR THE DAY: Get everyone to work and promoted CASH BALANCE: 265 Simoleans!
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12:31 AM, and our sims are all snug in their beds… er– couches
Alright, so here we were at the start of Day Two of our challenge. We only have 265 Simoleans, so I’ve made a very specific goal: to get everyone so well rested and happy that they will earn promotions and fat bonuses at their new jobs. Remember, the long term goal is to earn as much money as possible so we can start bringing in income and adding upgrades to the house.
Well, despite my intentions, the worst thing that could happen has happened this morning at 3AM–
MICHAEL (sleepily): Whuh… Whut happened, man?
Everyone was supposed to be ready for the carpool this morning, but only three of them made it– Emma, Gerald, and Eleanor! So my goal for today is totally blown! The house will be getting a minimum of 360 Simoleans today, unless Emma, Gerald, and Eleanor get promotions.
JUSTIN: Sorry, man… Guess we overslept
Although I’m ticked off, I have to make the best of it, anyway. So I’ve decided today to just take care of these slacker Sims’ needs and find them better jobs. What else can I really do?
It’s about 7:30AM, and the household account has dwindled to 215 Simoleans, thanks to the fact that our slacker Sims have ravenous appetites and are eating constantly.
MICHAEL: Hey! Whadiddya expect, man? Salad and chips are hardly sustenance!
CASSIE: Sustenance? Where on earth did you learn such a big word?
MICHAEL: We’re in college, dummy! We’re supposed to be learning big words– you know, words like prestidigitation, insubordination, and supercallifragilisticexpialidocious!
JENNY: That’s not a real word!
MICHAEL: What? Insubordination?
CASSIE: *SSSIIIGGGGGHHH*
Because Emma, Eleanor, and Gerald went to work, the house isn’t in danger of starving. However, you can imagine how much worse things could have been had I not given everyone jobs the day before!
Normally when Sims miss work I punish them by forcing them to do housework, but today I’ve decided to make them as comfortable as possible. The reason is that I want them to get promotions when they finally do go to work the next day.
There is another decision I’ve made: since they all missed work, why not seize opportunity to get them better jobs? Perhaps there is a better offering in the paper today, so I await for Nancy to whistle on by…
Today’s job offering is for Team Mascot for 110 a day! I’m very happy about that, even though the starting salary is less than it is for typesetter. The reason why is that the job starts at 12PM. Since it’s still early in the day, the carpool for this job’s going to arrive a little later and not tomorrow morning. This means that the Sims who missed work as typesetters can still go to work today as mascots.
MICHAEL: Shoot!
So my aims of getting everyone off to work and earning bonuses haven’t been shot after all!
I could have given my five slackers all this job, but I’ve decided to just give it to Cassie and David, just because it fit their personalities better. Torvald, Jenny, and Justin can loaf for the day. What the hell– I’m feeling magnanimous!
11 AM
Just as I’ve hoped, the carpool for our new Team Mascots has arrived at 11AM, so Michael and Cassie– who missed work as typesetters– will go to work. They barely made the carpool, but I made sure they made it this time!
Later in the day, our first batch of worker bees are arriving home from work. I had hoped they would’ve all gotten promotions and bonuses, but only Gerald earned one, bringing home a 340 bonus. Because of his hard work, his salary jumps from 120 to 200/day, and his bonus helps the cash balance go from a paltry 215 Simoleans to 1, 050.
EMMA: Hey! What are we, chopped liver? We girls *did* work, you know!
You’re right. But today was a really poor effort. Try again tomorrow.
EMMA: Awright… 🙁
Thanks to Gerald’s promotion, we have money we can use to upgrade the house a little bit. One thing I’ve decided to do is to use some of it to fix the bathroom situation. I was never happy with the fact that the house only has one bathroom, so I’m installing a Portapotty outside of the house to act as a second one.
JENNY: Ewwwwww! Are you kidding me? It’s practically an outhouse! It *is* an outhouse!
Crude, I know, but at this point (Day Two), the house simply doesn’t have enough money to get a second bathroom.
In addition to the Portapotty, I’ve also added some much-needed lights to brighten things up a bit, as the house has had no lighting up until now.
With the purchases I’ve made (lights+Portapotty), the Cash Balance has gone down to 630 Simoleans. But with our two new mascots yet to come home from work, I am hopeful that they’ll return with some major moolah later on.
TORVALD: Vhat ist “moolah?”
ELEANOR: Money!
TORVALD: Vhat?
ELEANOR: Money! Cha-ching! Cha-ching!
TORVALD: Choo choo?
EMMA: No! Cha-ching! Cha-ching!
TORVALD: Gesundheit!
EMMA: He’s hopeless!
6PM: CASSIE AND MICHAEL COME HOME/ MICHAEL PROMOTED!
Great news– our mascots have arrived, and with some much needed money! Cassie didn’t get promoted, but Michael did, with a bonus of 340 Simoleans and a new salary of 170/day! Along with Gerald’s contributions, the CASH BALANCE has jumped to 1, 175 on Day Two of the 8 Sim Challenge!
MICHAEL (puffed up with pride): What can I say? I am the man!
Now that everyone is home from work, it’s time to take stock of the situation.
Day Two turned out to be somewhat of a bust. However, it hasn’t been a total disaster. Gerald and Michael earned promotions and bonuses for the house, and Gerald, with his 200/day salary, has become the solid breadwinner of the family. This means that the house is in no danger of starving or going bankrupt.
However, as pleased as I am with him, I’m disappointed that the Sims did so poorly on Day Two. Usually on the 2nd day of the 8 Sim Challenge, all the Sims will have worked and brought in major moolah. But today, only six of them worked and only two of those who did earned promotions. Very bad guys.
