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Today I actually got some gameplay in after about a week of being far too engrossed in reading Sense and Sensibility to play at all. I installed Gunmod's Camera Mod and Gunmod's Radiance Light System this week and though I think both are beyond amazing, it may take a little while before I'm good at getting pictures with them both, so please bear with me. Anyhow, tonight I headed to Veronaville's Academie Le Tour to play Marla Biggs for a few simdays. And I actually got pictures of her this time.
Marla started off Friday morning by trudging through the weeds to the backyard to catch some butterflies, which adorned her kitchen table in a jar for the remainder of the day. She managed to clog the toilet immediately afterwards and called the repairman to come out during business hours. She then had an overwhelming urge to invite people over - a lot of people! In succession, she called and invited to her home Miranda Capp, her friend Prof. Jill Carlson, dormie Taylor Cameron and her best friend Prof. Alvin Shahan. All four enjoyed some time on Marla's bubble blower in the sunshine. Unfortunately for Marla, she didn't get to enjoy as much time with them as she'd anticipated. The loss of sleep due to the previous night's exam left her heading to bed at 1:30pm for some much needed rest. She only managed a few hours' sleep before getting up again for her evening class. After class, she headed off on a hike and saw an exotic bird. She wasn't at all tired when she got back and decided to pull an all-nighter.
Marla spent the early hours of Saturday morning birdwatching (or owlwatching, I guess...) She then settled down with her self help books and learned the secret to lifelong happiness. She was in bed exhausted by 8:30am - her sleeping pattern is truly destroyed thanks to her last exam taking place at an ungodly hour. (Man, if exams were really held at like, three in the morning, nobody would ever go to college!) She was up again at 1:30pm in time to receive a phone call from Prof. Jill. They became best friends after a long heart to heart chat. Marla prepared a late lunch of grilled cheese sandwiches and earned herself a cooking point before class. After class, she was once again not at all tired. It was to be another all-nighter.
She spent the earliest hours of Sunday morning hunting bugs in the backyard and caught an empress butterfly for her collection. She then took the time to clean her bird, Goldeneye's cage, which wasn't even overdue - the maid cleans it when it's dirty, but Marla is a good pet owner. She then headed inside and hit the self help books once again until she felt she'd mastered the art of anger management. She wasn't done, however. It was time for her to peruse an old medical textbook until she felt she understood physiology. She was in bed exhausted by 8:30am again and woke up at exactly 1:30pm yet again. No chance of that sleeping pattern improving any time soon. She called Prof. Jill for a chat until it was time for class. After class, she went on another lovely night hike and was chased home by bees.
She was of course, not tired and was once again to stay up all night. She spent some time catching fireflies, which were a little elusive to her jar at first, but she got some in the end.
Her semester had flown past without her realizing the passage of time and her next final exam was upon her. She hadn't lifted a finger to study anything of relevance to her major and failed her exam miserably, being put on academic probation. Hopefully next time around she'll return to being the conscientious student she once was.
