Today is Mother’s Day, and I got a letter from Mom. She sent me a pink carnation to celebrate the occasion.
I went into Nookling Junction, and Tommy told me that they’re having a preremodeling sale. So tomorrow, the store will be closed for remodeling, and it will reopen on Tuesday as a bigger store.
I then went next door to check out the new building. It’s a garden shop.
They sell flower seeds, saplings, and watering cans. This clown-like sloth named Leif works there. This shop is very small; I wonder if he ever feels like a mime trapped in a box.
Next, I decided to take a trip out to the island. First, I tried the Easy Item-Matching Tour. By digging up buried items, you must match pairs of identical items. And you can only hold one item at a time, so it’s a memory-based game. I completed the game and won a Gold Tortimer award and six medals.
After that, I tried a beetle-catching tour. I caught nine beetles and won another Gold Tortimer award and six more medals. I didn’t go on any more tours after that, but I did a little fishing and bug-catching on the island. Once I returned to town, I sold my catches and I earned enough to finish paying off my face-cutout standee.
On my way to town hall, I talked to Fuchsia. And again, she called me girlfriend. I introduced her to my net.
I really don’t know why her default catchphrase is girlfriend. Hello, Nintendo, there are guys that play Animal Crossing too! Once I got to town hall, I first talked to Isabelle across the counter to report Fuchsia’s bad language. She said she’ll take care of the problem (by washing Fuchsia’s mouth out with soap). Good.
And once I sat down at my mayor’s desk, Isabelle confirmed that my face-cutout standee will be completed tomorrow. Hooray!
Thank you all for reading! I’ll be back with another update tomorrow! 🙂
UPDATE: I redeemed my two play coins for a fortune cookie. I got fortune #41, which was good for a Wii Balance Board!
And there was a message on the bulletin board saying that my cobblestone bridge was complete!
So of course, I had to go take a look at it. This bridge connects my house (in the northwest part of town) to the town hall (in the southwest part of town). So it’s much easier to get to my place of employment. This is my second bridge; I can actually add one more, which I would likely put at the eastern side of town. But that’s not a priority, so that can wait a bit.
I headed over to town hall, and Isabelle told me she arranged a little celebration to commemorate the new bridge. So, back to the bridge I went. But then she demanded a speech! speech! speech! from me. I was not prepared for this! Is it too soon for me to retire from public life? Or maybe I should demand on the recount of the election votes. They’ll see I didn’t have a single vote, so I shouldn’t be mayor and won’t have to give this speech!
But fortunately, the speech was actually just a multiple-choice, one sentence phrase. I can do this! After I finished my 
With that project completed, I was able to start another one. I chose to put a face-cutout standee near the train tracks. This will be a fun one that future Wi-Fi visitors will probably enjoy. It’s also cheaper than the bridge, so it shouldn’t take too long to fund.
A bit later, Rory offered to trade me a karaoke system for my blue-stripe tee. Even though I still liked my shirt, I decided a shirt for furniture was a good deal, so I agreed to the trade.
After that, Big Top had an unusual request for me. He asked me to bury a time capsule somewhere in town. I buried it in the northwest corner of town. I’m not sure what this is all about, but I suppose I’ll find out sooner or later.
And it was raining in Forest today, but nothing can dampen Aurora’s spirits.
She asked me to buy an A shirt for 444 bells. I wasn’t about to turn her down.
On Main Street, there is a new development…literally. Nook Homes is in the process of building something new! Could it be Club LOL? I hope so! I’m guessing I’ll find out tomorrow!
I didn’t make a trip to the island today, but I did shake a few trees. One of them had a bee! Oh no! My first instinct was to run, of course. But then I thought, I’ll need to catch a bee at some point, so I might as well at least give it a try. So I whipped out my net, waited for the bee to come at me, and swung….. I GOT IT! Awesome!
Later on, I went to meet my newest neighbor, Katt. Oh my, what have I done to deserve animals like this?
I was in the Re-Tail store later, as was Yuka. She wanted to buy a bed that was on sale and she asked my opinion. I told her she shouldn’t buy it. It was so cheap, that there must be something wrong with it. 😉 Or maybe I just wanted her to suffer and sleep on the floor. *heh heh horf*
My last stop of the evening was the museum. I donated my bee and three fossils I found today. Good news! The triceratops is complete!
That’s all for tonight, but check back tomorrow for all of the latest developments!
I then went outside to check on my cherry trees that I planted yesterday. Good news! It looks like all three of them are going to survive! I’ll soon have some foreign fruit trees in Forest. That will help me earn more money.
At town hall, I displayed my JVGS pattern as my flag.
While walking around, I saw Gabi out fishing.
And down on the beach, I saw a familiar face…Gulliver!
He shared some puns with me.
And then he makes a reference to Earthbound, by mentioning fuzzy pickles. For those who don’t know, the cameraman in Earthbound would tell Ness and friends to say “fuzzy pickles” as he was taking a picture.
Although you don’t have to shoot down a UFO in New Leaf, you still have to work for Gulliver’s gift. He gave me some clues, mentioning animals such as giraffes, and then asked me which country he was talking about. He was talking about African animals, so Kenya was the correct choice.
But he didn’t give me the gift just yet. He said he’ll send it to me, although it might take a while.
In the Able Sisters, I bought the clown mask to look like a jester.
I also stopped by my town tree and saw that it’s growing quite nicely.
Yuka asked me to catch a roach for her. I told her no.
And then I was informed that a villager wanted to move out. Of course, it was Aurora, my favorite villager! Why her?
I told her not to leave, and fortunately, she agreed to stay.
I then went to the island to do some fishing so I could earn some money. Oh look, a new type of fish, a giant trevally!
I then caught a dab, or so I thought…
But the game was just psyching me out! It’s an olive flounder.
I already had trouble telling those two fish apart, so you’re really not helping me, Nintendo. 😛
When I had enough fish, I returned to Forest. I stopped at the museum to donate my new catches, and then sold the rest. I earned enough money to pay off the bridge!
My last task of the day was to return to town hall. I talked to my assistant Isabelle, and she confirmed that my bridge would be completed tomorrow! Great!
That’s all for now. But please come back tomorrow night for another update. Have a good weekend, everyone!