Gwen Gone

Good news, everyone! On Tuesday, Gwen informed me that she’s moving out of town. 😁

Gwen: I'm moving out soon! I'm just too special to stay in one town for very long.

Queenie was walking around outside with a shovel, for an unusual reason: She was eavesdropping on people! She hoped to hear some “good dirt” on neighbors, under the guise of fossil searching.

Queenie: If you shovel for fossils near people just chatting away, you can get lots of good dirt on neighbors!

Later, she asked me for a new catchphrase. I opted for some ostrich onomatopoeia and I told her to say “awwwk!” 😛

Queenie: ...Awwwk!!!!, huh? How do you think that sounds, awwwk!!!!?

Gaston was sick with a cold, so I gave him some medicine. He said it tasted like a toenail milkshake; disgusting! How does he know what a toenail milkshake would taste like anyway? Maybe I don’t want to know. I don’t want to picture him with a milkshake mustache either…oops. 🤢

Gaston: Blech! This stuff tastes like a toenail milkshake. But if it tastes that bad, it must be good for ya!

After giving Gaston more medicine yesterday, he was over his cold by today.

Gaston: It was pretty much all I could do not to just crawl into a cave and whimper.

He thanked me for the help, and he gave me a life ring.

I found Gwen’s goodbye letter in the mail. So long, Gwen!

To: Jeff, I've decided to move away from Forest. It's hard to say bye to good friends like you. So I won't. Because I'm SURE we'll meet again somewhere! -From: Gwen

Curt’s Evil Plan?

Last week, Apollo was being a bit of a jerk to Queenie. On Monday, Stitches had a complaint about Apollo too: He apparently said something mean, in a teddy. 😂

Stitches: Guess what, darling? Apollo said the meanest thing to me, in a teddy.

Apollo was tired of hearing Stitches’s catchphrase, “in a teddy.” So Stitches wanted to know if he should change it up. However, I just gave him that phrase pretty recently, so I told him to keep it.

Today, I randomly decided to ask about turnip prices. To my surprise, Tom Nook was paying quite a bit!

Tom Nook: Currently, one turnip sells for 363 bells!

Of course, I didn’t have any turnips to actually sell. Too bad. 😛

I haven’t been finding any fossils lately, so I decided to do a thorough search of town tonight. Once I was done, I still only found one fossil! I guess I wasn’t as thorough as I thought. Those others must be very well-hidden!

Curt asked me for a fossil, and I gave him the ammonite I found. He said it was the last piece he need to let him…do something. He was being vague, but he probably has some evil plan to take over the world. I’m just not sure how an ammonite will help him do it. 😉

Curt: And so the last piece falls into place, woof woof! This ammonite will let me... Never mind!

I shot down three balloon presents tonight; I got a green pipe, an exotic wardrobe, and a stove.

I found two scallops on the beach, so I picked them up and put them in storage. I now have three in storage, plus one that’s attached to a letter. I should be all set on scallops through next year now. 😂

Peak bug hunting starts in just two weeks! I’m planning a bonus blog entry for July, discussing why City Folk is my favorite Animal Crossing game for summer bug hunting. 🙂

Don’t Be Cranky

Saharah was in town on Tuesday, but she was hanging out on the dead end! She’s not going to find many customers way out here!

Saharah: I came from far away.

She was looking for old wallpaper again, so I started to ask my neighbors. Big Top and Tom were the only ones who helped me out.

Tom: Is this for a school recycling drive or something?

I also grabbed the remaining old wallpaper I had in storage, so I took the three back to Saharah. She took them, and gave me an office wall in exchange.

Big Top was over his cold, and he sent me a kiddie bureau in the mail to thank me for the medicine I gave him last week.

Yesterday, Queenie and Apollo had a bit of an argument at the bus stop. Apollo asked Queenie how long it had been since she cleaned her house, and Queenie got mad that he would even ask such a thing. Apollo added that Queenie should use a broom and live more responsibly. He was being a bit of a jerk, and Queenie called him a grumpy, mean, old geezer. 😂

Queenie: I don't know why I even talk to you! You're just a grumpy and MEAN old geezer! Me-YOWZA!

Maybe I shouldn’t have helped him out, but Apollo later asked me for a fossil. I gave him a dinosaur track that I dug up.

Apollo: Nice work, Jeff! Is this a dinosaur track I see before me, its handle toward my hand?
I don’t think that’s a handle.

In return, he gave me a clothes closet.

Today, Gaston mentioned he was thinking of moving out of town. But I talked him into sticking around.

Gaston: You've convinced me, J-rock. I'll stay on as Forest's crankiest resident a while longer.

And when I visited Apollo, he was really happy about the new fossil I gave him yesterday.

Apollo: Whenever I look at my new fossil, I just can't help smiling, Jeff.

I also like how his two chess knights are almost facing off against each other. ♟

I just now realized that this blog entry is mostly about crankies (Tom, Apollo, and Gaston). Well at least Queenie and Saharah made appearances. 😛

See you all next time.