Feeling Exasperated

On Tuesday (November 1st), I bought a jackhammer at Nook’s Cranny, with the intention of giving it to Butch for his birthday. But when I headed over to his house, there was no party. Instead, he was trying to move out of town!

Butch: Hey, sunshine. I wasn't gonna tell anyone, but... I'm leaving Forest.

Of course I talked him out of moving, but he still didn’t have a birthday party. I even tried leaving his house and re-entering. Oof.

Bones asked me for a fossil, so I gave him some fossilized dino droppings that I dug up.

Bones: Woo-hoo! That's the dino droppings I wanted! Nutty.
They taste nutty? You weren’t supposed to lick them!

He was happy to have them, and he rewarded me with a slate flooring.

On Wednesday, I had a chat with Mitzi outside of town hall. She was talking about how nice the office is, and she credited it to Phyllis and Pelly’s hard work. She said Pete was just a slacker.

Mitzi: Pete is... Well, he's kind of a slacker, mew.

Yesterday, Wendell was in town, and I gave him an apple to eat. Somehow, that apple completely filled him up. I find that hard to believe, but okay. 😛

Wendell: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! So full of happiness! Suh-so round in the belly!

He gave me a block pattern in return, which is really just a brick path pattern.

The block pattern in Animal Crossing: Wild World.

Eloise has still been sick with a cold, so I gave her more medicine Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and then again today. This is dragging on way too long. She needs to get over her cold already.

Dr. Shrunk was in town today, and I asked him for a new emotion (exasperation) to let out a much-needed sigh.

Shrunk: And if that sigh smells like morning breath, it's even more distressing.

However, I was having trouble getting the timing of the tapping right; Wild World has the worst, most tedious reaction-learning technique in the series.

Shrunk: Perhaps this feeling is too painful for you right now. Why don't we try another?
Then stop making it painful and give me the stupid emotion.

But I eventually figured out the timing and learned exasperation. Since my collection was already full with four emotions, I had to lose one. I sacrificed “thought” to learn “exasperation.” I hope it was worth it.

Shrunk: Anyhow, you've now forgotten how to express thought...
Shrunk: ...and learned how to express exasperation! We've made some real progress!

*sigh* See you next time.