Labor Day

After starting up my game, I noticed Tortimer standing near town hall. Today is Labor Day in the U.S.

Tortimer: Today is Labor Day, sprout.Tortimer gave me a picnic basket. It apparently includes mint gingham wallpaper (yummy) and some inedible blue cookies. Thanks a lot, Tortimer!

The picnic basket from Tortimer on Labor Day.I made my way around town, and saw that Avery was still sick.

Avery: Hack, hack! Cough, choke! Don't come near me! This cold would kill a lesser animal, inside me!I bought him some more medicine.

After that, I noticed Pascal on the bridge. He was looking to the right, as was Deena in the background. So I joined in.

Standing on a bridge near Pascal, with Deena in the background. All of us were facing east.I combed the beach for scallops, but there were none to be found. So I talked to Pascal anyway, just to watch him dive into the river.

Pascal makes a splash as he dives into the river.I caught up with him further down, below the waterfall. He’s lucky I wasn’t peeing off the bridge or something.

Pascal floats by under a bridge.Anyway, I found one new black rose today. Nobody has moved in yet to take Kid Cat’s place, but I bet that will happen soon.

OMG Rain!

I started up the game and saw something shocking: Rain!

Me shocked as I came out of my house and saw rain falling.It hasn’t rained in 7 weeks! (Not since July 17th). So I finally get a break from watering flowers! I went around town and talked to many of my neighbors. I went in Avery’s house and found out that he’s sick.

Avery: Don't talk to me! Your voice is like a jackhammer, inside me!After that, I headed to the city to check this week’s new emotions.

Clerk: What show would you like to see today?I really want to get outrage at some point. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it available, despite playing this game for nearly four years.

While I was in the city, I decided to check on the model room at the Happy Room Academy. Turns out my own room was on display!

My own room on display in the Happy Room Academy.Lyle told me that it was the room with the best feng shui. That was just a happy accident, because I don’t purposely try for a good feng shui score.

Lyle: This month's theme? Hold on. Lemme see. Bang! It's the room that had the best feng shui.While I was in there, I had Lyle discontinue the weekly HRA evaluation letters. I don’t really care what the HRA says about my rooms.

Me, to Lyle: Please stop!After that, I returned to Forest and bought some medicine for Avery.

Avery: Ugh, I'm in seriously bad shape here, kiddo... That medicine better start working, inside me...I also went to visit Del. He thanked me for delivering the message to Guest yesterday. He gave me a bamboo wall as a reward.

Del: If pals were restaurants, you'd rank ★★★★★ in my book. Shame you're not a restaurant.I saw a piece of furniture on the ground and went to pick it up. But when I went near it, it walked away! It was a walking leaf and it fooled me. When I got my net out to catch it, I couldn’t find it. But I did manage to catch a walking stick later.

I caught a walkingstick! A stick...that walks?!

Creepy Statue DLC

It’s time for new DLC once again, so Pete met me outside my house with a letter. I found a creepy statue attached to the letter.

Dear Jeff, When you display this item in your place, does it make you feel like someone's watching you? Creepy... -NintendoWhen you turn the creepy statue on, its eyes light up with a purple glow.

The creepy statue DLC item from Nintendo. The eyes glow.But I had other mail today. I got my goodbye letter from Kid Cat. I will miss him.

'Sup, Jeff, It's time for me to bail on Forest and take these biceps on tour! They're just too big for one town. Don't worry, you'll see 'em again! -Kid CatIt seems a bit odd that he used the same paper that Nintendo did for the creepy statue. I also got my monthly bank statement, as I earned 73,909 bells this month.

Dear Jeff, We appreciate your business and hope that you are satisfied with our service. You have earned 73,909 bells in interest. -BANK OF NINTENDOI talked to Del and he asked me to deliver a message to Guest. What a pain. Guest doesn’t like to be disturbed.

Del: Normally I wouldn't ask, but Guest's dodgy. You never know when he'll come out of hiding.I watered my flowers and found two new black roses today. When I deposited my money from last night, my bank balance topped 15 million bells.

Your current balance is 15,030,000 bells.I then switched to my Guest character and went to speak to Del.

Del: That's precisely right! Wallpaper! That was my message, word for word!But my pockets were full, so he said he would mail the wallpaper to me. With that, I ended my game for the night.