Chow sent me his goodbye letter in the mail, and I received it today.
A notice on the bulletin board informed town residents that the fireworks festivals are almost here! They take place on Sunday nights in August, and there are four of them this year.

I’ll try to check out the fireworks at some point this month. Although, I still have some leftover unused fireworks from last year! Oops!
The hot summer temperatures are making some of the animals uncomfortable. Static even said he’s thinking about shaving his fur off! Don’t do it, Static! Just buy an air conditioner or something!
When I had a chat with Tank, he told me that Nan recently became a vegetarian. So I guess that means she ate meat until recently, then? Hmm, I wonder who what she ate.
Opal asked me for a new catchphrase, so I told her to say “I’m a gem.”

I then caught a few bugs, but it wasn’t late enough for the really valuable ones to be out just yet.
Saharah was in town yet again, still looking for old wallpaper. Static and Tangy each gave me their old wallpaper.
But those two weren’t enough, since you need to give Saharah three of them to get a rare wallpaper. So I put them both into storage for now.
I spotted a balloon present and shot it down with my slingshot, even though I snapped this picture a fraction of a second too early. It contained a brick block (from the Mario set).
I took a bus ride out to the city, but most of the shops were already closed for the night.
Outside, Chow told me that he was planning on moving out of town soon.
I told him not to go, but he didn’t change his mind.
Other than Nan, none of my villagers had old wallpaper for me. But fortunately, I had two of them in storage. So I took all three back to Saharah, and she gave me a mortar wall. Again! That’s what she gave me last week! I guess this makes her my mortar enemy.
I then took the bus out to the city. While there, I had a chat with my old friend Biskit, who mentioned a girl from Jannali. Jannali was Brian’s town. It’s kind of interesting how characters will remember the players you’ve played with before, even though it’s been years since Nintendo pulled the plug on the service.