Today was the day of the Bug-Off competition. Because of that fact, Brewster wouldn’t let me work at the Roost today. But outside of the cafe, I saw Rolf walk up to a bug on a tree with his net drawn. He actually stood there in this position for several seconds without moving.
To my surprise, he eventually did swing the net. He missed the bug of course, but it was nice to see the attempt.
Nearby, I saw Phineas! He brought me my tenth badge, the Good Host badge for having lots of visitors to my town.
My town tree told me that I’ve had 54 visitors so far, so apparently it takes 50 to get the Good Host badge. Interestingly enough, beating all of your visitors with a toy hammer doesn’t hurt your chances of being considered a good host. 😉
After that, I decided to try catching some bugs for the Bug-Off. I caught a Miyamoto miyama stag, which gave me the lead with Nintendo 64 points. Nat took it and gave me a wooden box as a reward.
As I continued my walk around town, I saw my first Jacob’s ladder! It was next to my pyramid.
I took my daily fossils up to Blathers, and for once, I had a new one! It completed the archelon.
I looked around saw that I only need two more fossils to complete my collection.
In the garden shop part of T.I.Y., I bought some flower seeds (as I usually do), and Leif told me I get a happy bonus today!
It’s a silver watering can! It can water five squares at once. This will definitely come in handy.
After that, I resumed my bug hunt. I caught a jewel beetle and took it to Nat. It was good for 80 points, which broke my own record. He rewarded me with a butterfly wall. Unfortunately, it’s pretty ugly. I couldn’t bear to open my eyes to look at it.
I also caught a cyclommatus stag, but I didn’t want to give it to Nat unless I had to. So I waited until 5:59, and saw that my jewel beetle still was the record-holder. So I hung on to my cyclommatus stag, and went into Nat’s tent for the awards ceremony. Yay, first place!
After that, I decided to visit Club Tortimer. The first island I visited had nobody there but me. So I went back and tried again; this time, there was someone named Jo from the U.K. We caught some bugs and fish, and did some diving. But after 15 minutes or so, I had to go, so I said goodbye.
That’s all for today, but I’ll be back tomorrow with some Wi-Fi fun. Remember, I’ll be opening my gate at 7:00 p.m. London time. I hope some of the Europeans on my roster are able to make it.