Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

I got a goodbye letter in the mail today. It’s from Ricky, who has moved out of Forest.

I went to Nook’s and saw that he is now selling candy in preparation for Halloween. I bought all five pieces.

I walked around and saw a new house next to Maple’s house. It belongs to Admiral, who just moved in.

I pulled some weeds, dug up some fossils, and made my way around town. I went into Emerald’s house and asked her if she had a job for me.

She said she lent her glasses case to Admiral a while back and wanted me to get it back for her. Okay, first of all, she doesn’t wear glasses. Neither does Admiral; in fact, he has eagle eyes. So why would either of them need a glasses case? And besides that, she said she lent it to him a while back. The dude just moved into town! Something about this story isn’t adding up. But still, I went back to Admiral (after a quick stop at the post office) and got the case back.

I returned it to Emerald and she gave me a green ring shirt as a reward.

I then returned home and saved my game.

I started making my way around town, pulling weeds and talking to my neighbors. There’s one spot in my town where the cliff juts out and the spot on the lower level is completely hidden. It looks like this:

Anyway, I had my shovel out since I was banging rocks in the area (looking for the red/money rock). And I just decided to dig in the hidden spot, and I dug up a fossil!

It made me wonder how long that fossil had been there. It easily could have been months, and possibly even years! I’ll never know, but it makes you wonder.

Nearby, I did find the money rock and got six bags, totaling 3,300 bells. I know some people recommend digging holes behind the rock so you can get the seventh bag, but I generally don’t bother. Partly because I’m lazy, but also because I don’t really think it’s worth the effort unless you’re desperate for bells (which I’m not). Besides, sometimes I get the full seven bags without it anyway. Just not today.

Over by the wishing well, Belle told me that Scott visited Forest the other day. That’s a lie, because Scott hasn’t visited Forest in years.

After mailing away two fossils and depositing some money in the bank, I stopped by the train station to watch K.K. perform. He played K.K. Love Song for me. I had forgotten how much I like that song; it’s one of my favorites.

Today was Explorer’s Day (Columbus Day), so Tortimer was at the wishing well to talk about the holiday.

He then told me I should go sail the sea to find treasure and excitement. I think he was just trying to get rid of me.

I went around town, pulling weeds and talking to neighbors. Hank was talking about Halloween and warned me not to try to trick him.

I talked to Puck and he asked if he could have my stego torso. I agreed to give it to him.

He then gave me a groovy wall in exchange. That was definitely not a fair trade for me, but it sure made Puck happy. Or maybe he’s just happy because he thinks he can rip me off any time he likes.

For some reason, I talked to Candi. She told me to build her a shopping mall, even if I have to sell my own house to do it. Now I remember why I don’t care for her.

And after pulling weeds, I went to check my town status. Back to perfect.