One Month One World One Year Challenge 2022
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January 5: Mountain Mogul
https://i.postimg.cc/sfZCsCNh/great-jump-dylan.png
When I arrived home from school, I looked around the lot and suddenly felt really sad. There was no-one and nothing to come home to. This wasn't even really my place...just an empty lot that I called "home". I think it really hit me then that I was indeed homeless.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZnSb8rS9/he-was-tired-no-fun-coming-home-to-an-empty-lot.png
The only thing that cheered me up was that I knew that today was the day that I got some simoleons for all those Judith Ward autographs. At $800 a pop, it would bring in a nice tidy sum of $12,800 simoleons. I had thought long and hard about what I would do, and decided that I would look around the neighborhood, and see if there were any furnished houses for rent. Nothing permanent. Just something for a month or two.
https://i.postimg.cc/FHxj3RgH/big-house.png
I changed into some other clothes and decided to walk around. As luck would have it, there was a "for rent" sign on the house next door. There was a website listed on the sign, and I quickly went to it and did the "virtual" tour. It was furnished for tourists who wanted to come to Mt. Komorebi on vacation. The place was gorgeous. Two bedrooms and it even had a small swimming pool. If the price was right, I'd rent it for sure...but then...holy plumbobs, it was $649 simoleons a day! There was no way I could afford this place! I would run out of simoleons before the end of the month.
There must be another place for rent in the neighborhood.
https://i.postimg.cc/xdXj3pDF/looking-around-the-neighborhood-for-a-house-dylan.png
And then I saw it! It was tucked away down a small drive. A small house, and it looked a bit rundown. I checked out the website. It wasn't gorgeous like the other rental, and it didn't even have a living room. Just one big room with a bed, a small kitchenette and a bathroom. And then I saw a photo of the backyard with a little shrine, and I knew this was the one. It was perfect, and so was the price at $2K for the month.
https://i.postimg.cc/4yJXtgCC/dylan-looking-at-lot.png
I quickly e-mailed the owner and asked if it was available to move in. They told me it was and we arranged to meet tomorrow to sign the papers and get the house keys. I was pretty excited.
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I got a call from Bella asking me if she should go for a promotion at work. I didn't remember giving her this number, but I must have. I told Bella to go for it.
https://i.postimg.cc/xTgH7fgZ/story-progression.png
https://i.postimg.cc/MHwwy8Q0/ty-for-the-encouragement-bella.png
And little while later, Bella called me again and let me know that she got the promotion.
https://i.postimg.cc/FsWRQ7S2/BEELA-STORY-PROGRESS-PROMO.png
https://i.postimg.cc/T2Q2rptp/bella-has-a-sentiment-for-dylan.png
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Kiyoshi Ito had talked to me at school about going to the mountain for some skiing. I told him I had never been skiing before, but Kiyoshi told me that he would give me a few lessons, and that I would be starting on the Bunny Slope anyway. That sounded good. Kiyoshi was actually a snowboarder himself, but he had an old pair of skis that I could have. We arranged for a time to meet, and headed up to the mountain together.
https://i.postimg.cc/JzNFt1Ns/dang-its-cold.png
When we got to the mountain, I'm going to tell you, it was frickin' freezing! The cold and snow were quite a shock to my system. Kiyoshi went to check on the mountain conditions and I sat there doing my homework.
https://i.postimg.cc/gkzJJJF7/the-first-person-dylan-meets-in-mt-komorebi-is-kyoshi-ito-how-ironic-is-this.png
https://i.postimg.cc/j28My58X/maybe-not-the-best-shot-of-kiyoshi.png
Kiyoshi came back and reported that it was a bit icy. He handed me a container that looked like a deodorant stick, and showed me how to apply wax to the bottom of my skis. He didn't need to apply it to his snowboard, as he normally gets a hot wax application done at the ski shop. With that done, we took a quick photo together and then headed to the Bunny Slope. Kiyoshi gave me a quick lesson, and then zipped down the slope on his snowboard. Wow! Kiyoshi was really good.
https://i.postimg.cc/tTbbQj41/kiyoshi-snowboarding.png
And then it was my turn, and even with the ski lesson, I didn't look like Kiyoshi coming down that slope.
https://i.postimg.cc/T2yf1Dph/dylan-skiing.png
And there were ski jumps! My heart about lurched out of my chest when I did one.
https://i.postimg.cc/63ZKjssn/holy-moley-that-was-wiked.png
I did one run and fell at the bottom of the hill. And it was not a graceful fall. I did a few more runs, and Kiyoshi said I was ready to take the gondola up to the top of the mountain.
https://i.postimg.cc/vH6F2TQY/the-mountain.png
I looked up at the mountain, and glanced at Kiyoshi in surprise: "Say what? You're kidding, right? You want me to go up THERE?"
https://i.postimg.cc/3xjDq6hM/scoping-the-scene-dylan-on-the-slopes.png
Kiyoshi laughed: "Dude, where's your sense of adventure? There's an Easy Slope from the top. I've seen you ski. You can do it."
I don't really think that Kiyoshi had seen me ski, because when I saw him, he had been chatting with some good-looking snowbunny at the bottom of the hill. Seen me ski...yeah right...but I went to the top anyway. @KateLynne (Note: Look who's on the slope. It's Kenzie!)
https://i.postimg.cc/qqbH36Xn/kiyoshi-chatting-and-dylan-skiing.png
When we got to the top, Kiyoshi showed me where the easy slope was and then promptly headed off to an Expert slope. Oh great, he left me alone. I looked down that hill, I think I saw my life flash before my eyes. But I decided to be brave and started to ski down the slope.
https://i.postimg.cc/fyPG7Byk/another-jump.png
https://i.postimg.cc/9Mn8szhn/dylan-does-his-first-jump.png
https://i.postimg.cc/3RhhcS3q/too-much-slope.png
https://i.postimg.cc/PqkQpYXH/perhaps-he-needed-more-ski-lessons.png
When I got to the bottom of the hill, my legs felt like rubber. I was ready to kiss the ground and thank the snow gods that I had made it down safely. Easy run...pfft...I was taking my life in my hands skiing down that slope. But, if I was ever going to look like a "hotdog" skier or snowboarder like Kiyoshi, I definitely needed more practice. But right now, I was ready to go home. I felt so battered and bruised. Oh my aching everything!
https://i.postimg.cc/bNrdY93g/battered-and-bruised-niidket.png
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Notes:
Thanks to this simmer for creating this great build. It is so cheap because the sides of the house are made from roof pieces. I also changed a few things from the original house and a tour will be in the next chapter. The last time, I built a starter house, but decided not to use it this time.
https://i.postimg.cc/jjy57Tgc/house-credit.png
https://i.postimg.cc/sfZCsCNh/great-jump-dylan.png
When I arrived home from school, I looked around the lot and suddenly felt really sad. There was no-one and nothing to come home to. This wasn't even really my place...just an empty lot that I called "home". I think it really hit me then that I was indeed homeless.
https://i.postimg.cc/ZnSb8rS9/he-was-tired-no-fun-coming-home-to-an-empty-lot.png
The only thing that cheered me up was that I knew that today was the day that I got some simoleons for all those Judith Ward autographs. At $800 a pop, it would bring in a nice tidy sum of $12,800 simoleons. I had thought long and hard about what I would do, and decided that I would look around the neighborhood, and see if there were any furnished houses for rent. Nothing permanent. Just something for a month or two.
https://i.postimg.cc/FHxj3RgH/big-house.png
I changed into some other clothes and decided to walk around. As luck would have it, there was a "for rent" sign on the house next door. There was a website listed on the sign, and I quickly went to it and did the "virtual" tour. It was furnished for tourists who wanted to come to Mt. Komorebi on vacation. The place was gorgeous. Two bedrooms and it even had a small swimming pool. If the price was right, I'd rent it for sure...but then...holy plumbobs, it was $649 simoleons a day! There was no way I could afford this place! I would run out of simoleons before the end of the month.
There must be another place for rent in the neighborhood.
https://i.postimg.cc/xdXj3pDF/looking-around-the-neighborhood-for-a-house-dylan.png
And then I saw it! It was tucked away down a small drive. A small house, and it looked a bit rundown. I checked out the website. It wasn't gorgeous like the other rental, and it didn't even have a living room. Just one big room with a bed, a small kitchenette and a bathroom. And then I saw a photo of the backyard with a little shrine, and I knew this was the one. It was perfect, and so was the price at $2K for the month.
https://i.postimg.cc/4yJXtgCC/dylan-looking-at-lot.png
I quickly e-mailed the owner and asked if it was available to move in. They told me it was and we arranged to meet tomorrow to sign the papers and get the house keys. I was pretty excited.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
I got a call from Bella asking me if she should go for a promotion at work. I didn't remember giving her this number, but I must have. I told Bella to go for it.
And little while later, Bella called me again and let me know that she got the promotion.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Kiyoshi Ito had talked to me at school about going to the mountain for some skiing. I told him I had never been skiing before, but Kiyoshi told me that he would give me a few lessons, and that I would be starting on the Bunny Slope anyway. That sounded good. Kiyoshi was actually a snowboarder himself, but he had an old pair of skis that I could have. We arranged for a time to meet, and headed up to the mountain together.
https://i.postimg.cc/JzNFt1Ns/dang-its-cold.png
When we got to the mountain, I'm going to tell you, it was frickin' freezing! The cold and snow were quite a shock to my system. Kiyoshi went to check on the mountain conditions and I sat there doing my homework.
https://i.postimg.cc/gkzJJJF7/the-first-person-dylan-meets-in-mt-komorebi-is-kyoshi-ito-how-ironic-is-this.png
https://i.postimg.cc/j28My58X/maybe-not-the-best-shot-of-kiyoshi.png
Kiyoshi came back and reported that it was a bit icy. He handed me a container that looked like a deodorant stick, and showed me how to apply wax to the bottom of my skis. He didn't need to apply it to his snowboard, as he normally gets a hot wax application done at the ski shop. With that done, we took a quick photo together and then headed to the Bunny Slope. Kiyoshi gave me a quick lesson, and then zipped down the slope on his snowboard. Wow! Kiyoshi was really good.
https://i.postimg.cc/tTbbQj41/kiyoshi-snowboarding.png
And then it was my turn, and even with the ski lesson, I didn't look like Kiyoshi coming down that slope.
https://i.postimg.cc/T2yf1Dph/dylan-skiing.png
And there were ski jumps! My heart about lurched out of my chest when I did one.
https://i.postimg.cc/63ZKjssn/holy-moley-that-was-wiked.png
I did one run and fell at the bottom of the hill. And it was not a graceful fall. I did a few more runs, and Kiyoshi said I was ready to take the gondola up to the top of the mountain.
https://i.postimg.cc/vH6F2TQY/the-mountain.png
I looked up at the mountain, and glanced at Kiyoshi in surprise: "Say what? You're kidding, right? You want me to go up THERE?"
https://i.postimg.cc/3xjDq6hM/scoping-the-scene-dylan-on-the-slopes.png
Kiyoshi laughed: "Dude, where's your sense of adventure? There's an Easy Slope from the top. I've seen you ski. You can do it."
I don't really think that Kiyoshi had seen me ski, because when I saw him, he had been chatting with some good-looking snowbunny at the bottom of the hill. Seen me ski...yeah right...but I went to the top anyway. @KateLynne (Note: Look who's on the slope. It's Kenzie!)
https://i.postimg.cc/qqbH36Xn/kiyoshi-chatting-and-dylan-skiing.png
When we got to the top, Kiyoshi showed me where the easy slope was and then promptly headed off to an Expert slope. Oh great, he left me alone. I looked down that hill, I think I saw my life flash before my eyes. But I decided to be brave and started to ski down the slope.
https://i.postimg.cc/fyPG7Byk/another-jump.png
https://i.postimg.cc/9Mn8szhn/dylan-does-his-first-jump.png
https://i.postimg.cc/PqkQpYXH/perhaps-he-needed-more-ski-lessons.png
When I got to the bottom of the hill, my legs felt like rubber. I was ready to kiss the ground and thank the snow gods that I had made it down safely. Easy run...pfft...I was taking my life in my hands skiing down that slope. But, if I was ever going to look like a "hotdog" skier or snowboarder like Kiyoshi, I definitely needed more practice. But right now, I was ready to go home. I felt so battered and bruised. Oh my aching everything!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Notes:
Thanks to this simmer for creating this great build. It is so cheap because the sides of the house are made from roof pieces. I also changed a few things from the original house and a tour will be in the next chapter. The last time, I built a starter house, but decided not to use it this time.
https://i.postimg.cc/jjy57Tgc/house-credit.png
