Marina on the Move

Sunday (July 9th) was Static’s birthday. So I crafted him a traditional balancing toy, which is made out of acorns. (If he doesn’t like balancing it, he can always eat it.)

Traditional balancing toy.

I headed over to his party, and Marina was also there. I gave Static the gift, and he acted like it was a generous gift. 😆 But at least he liked it, and now he has an excuse to cut loose. 😛

Static: Guess I got an excuse to cut loose. That's if I can remember how...

Daisy Mae was in town, and she was selling turnips for a good price (91 bells apiece). I bought 2,300 of them. Later that night, K.K. Slider performed K.K. Mariachi for me.

Yesterday, Marina pinged me and told me she wanted to move away. It wasn’t easy, but I decided to let her go. She has lived in town for nearly two years, so she’s had a good run. I am trying not to let my island become too stagnant, so that means saying goodbye to villagers I like. But I’m sure I’ll see her again someday.

Marina: It'll make me sad to move away from you, but I'll be taking a step forward in a new direction!

Just to be clear, this had nothing to do with Midge’s return. Midge didn’t talk me into this or anything. 😛

Gulliver was in town today, so I grabbed my shovel and started digging up his communicator pieces. I was having unusually good luck, because they were all in the same area. In fact, it only took me 55 seconds to dig up all five, and that’s with stopping to talk to Ankha too! I returned them, and Gulliver will send me a reward tomorrow.

And of course, I headed over to Marina’s house to say goodbye before she swims away. Good luck to you, Marina!

Marina: I'm leaving the island tomorrow, so wish me luck on my next adventure.

Outside, Punchy was telling me that he plays so hard, he sometimes forgets to go home when the sun goes down. Then he tried to convince me that the moon is a light bulb? I wonder what gave him that bright idea?

Punchy, Didja know, Jeff? The reason why it's bright at night is because the moon is a light bulb!
Yeah I don’t think that’s true. 💡

I’ll probably spend a few Nook Miles tickets tomorrow to search for a new villager. If that doesn’t work out, I’ll just see who I get randomly. I’ll be back with another entry when the next Forest resident moves in!

July Fishing Tourney

On Thursday, Bones told me that nothing is more fun than staring at his lunch-service apron. Bones is great, but he is a bit odd sometimes. 😛

Bones: Nothing's more fun than staring at my lunch-service apron.

The summer fishing tournament was held today, and I competed in two rounds. Both times, I caught five fish and scored seven points. My lone highlight, if you can even call it that, is catching this dorado. Everything else I caught was just a common fish.

I caught a dorado! Gotta keep this up!

Bones, Rio, and Ankha were all seemingly fishing together just north of Resident Services. Or at least they were fishing in the same area, just a few feet apart. 😛

Rio: C'mon, fishing rod! Do your job!

I had enough points to get a prize, and C.J. gave me a fresh cooler. It’s actually a clothes closet, and I figured I could use one of those outdoors anyway. So I put it near my dock.

My fresh cooler near my dock.
Hi Kapp’n!

Later on, well after the tournament ended, I found C.J. enjoying a Cuppa Joe up at the Roost.

C.J., at the Roost: Ahoy there! Nice to see you here again! How you doin', flyfisher?

There was no K.K. Slider concert tonight, due to the tournament. Here are a few other quick notes about the past few days:

  • My savings balance reached 61 million bells on Thursday.
  • I sold a bunch of bugs to Flick yesterday for 59k.
  • I caught four sharks yesterday, two hammerheads and two great whites.

See you all next time! 🙂

Two Pearls of Wisdom

Sunday (July 2nd) was Agent S’s birthday, and I headed over to her house for the party. I gave her a scooter that I bought at Nook’s Cranny, and she seemed to like it.

Agent S: Wow! I wasn't expecting you to get a scooter!

I’d love to see her riding it around town. She already has a helmet on, so it should be okay. 😉 Marina was also at the party in the morning, and Louie stopped over later in the evening. Happy birthday, Agent S! 🙂

Louie: Today is Agent S's day! Let's make this a party to remember!

Thanks to a suggestion from Nami, I added a stage flame machine to my basement. Now the flames can reach up and burn Rizzo. You know, just in case he isn’t injured enough from the cannon blasts. 🔥

Fire reaches up to burn Rizzo's poster.

While diving, I found a scallop. Pascal popped up and took it from me, while telling me about the best way to ride a bike…and his preference for water slides. 😛

Pascal: It's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than a fast bike slow. But, like, a waterslide is more fun that ANY bike.

He gave me a pearl for the scallop.

Yesterday, Agent S sent me a letter, thanking me for the gift. She sent me some round-frame glasses.

Curlos the sheep was camping over at the campsite. I had no interest in adopting him.

Curlos, at the campsite: Hey, you're a local, right? The name's Curlos.

Today, I was diving to complete a Nook Miles+ goal, and I found scallop (and Pascal) once again. This time, he said it’s OK to be a couch potato…just not a bed yam. Hey, what’s wrong with bed yams? 😛

Pascal: It's OK to be a couch potato. Just don't be a bed yam. Maaan, that's just not cool.
Hey, don’t sleep on bed yams, maaan.

He gave me another pearl in exchange for the scallop.

Happy Independence Day for those in the U.S., and have a great day, everyone! See you next time!