Labor Day

After starting up the game today, I soon saw Phineas! He gave me two new badges: Fish Encyclopedia and Pro Diver.

I got the Pro Diver badge! It's proof I've found a TON of things in the sea!And today is Labor Day in the U.S., so Isabelle was over by the town tree handing out picnic baskets.

Isabelle: It's a picnic basket! Please take it in celebration of this nice, relaxing Labor Day!This is what it looks like:

The picnic basket I got from Isabelle on Labor Day.I was going to work a shift at the cafe, but because of the holiday, Brewster wouldn’t let me work. Still, I saw Tabby talking about how hard it is for her to be so awesome. Awesome? Her? I was speechless.

Tabby: Being this awesome can be, like, exhausting! But a cup of coffee really keeps me going, you know?And back outside, Aurora came up to me and asked me what temperature peanut brittle should be served at. How would I know? I’m the peanut butter guy, not the peanut brittle guy!

Aurora: Maybe I'm just serving it at the wrong temperature. But what temperature should I serve it at?!Then I ran into Canberra, who told me she’d never be able to forget my face. Sadly, I’ll never be able to forget hers either.

Canberra: Hmm. We meet a lot, huh? I'll probably never be able to forget your face now! What am I?!And in the Able Sisters, Teddy told me he was shopping for clothes that absorb lots of sweat. Uhh…

Teddy: I wonder if I can find the kinds of clothes I like--the ones that absorb the most sweat! Grooof!Later on, I had intended to pitfall Tabby. But she was hiding. Even her door sign practically dared me to find her.

Sign on door: Out playing! Come find me! -TabbyAnd this evening, I opened my gate for a little while. Wendy and Aimee came over to visit. Hannah was also trying to come, but she kept getting connection errors. Sorry Hannah, we’ll try again sometime. Then, Lindsey also came to town. We took some pictures at the Labor Day face-cutout standee.

Using the face cutout standee for Labor Day.Using the face-cutout standee for Labor Day.Aimee, who was dressed up as Link, wasn’t saying anything for a while, so we were wondering what was going on. But eventually, we found her.

Jeff, standing next to Aimee: Found the missing Link!And in the shop, I didn’t want anyone getting the wrong idea. Big Top is not for sale! If I see anyone luring him with a bag of peanuts, there’s going to be some trouble!

Jeff, standing next to Big Top in the store: Big Top is not for sale. :PAfter hanging out in my house for a while, we headed off to the island. I really like this quote from Kapp’n.

Kapp'n, singing: Well, life be like crossin' the ocean wide. We're all on this ride. Together we sail!At the island, we caught some fish and bugs for a while, and then we did a couple of tours. We did a toy hammer tour and a market-value bug-catching tour.

The four of us having fun with toy hammers on an island tour.After that, we returned to Forest and I sold my catches. I ended the party for the night. Thanks to all who came (and tried to come)! After that, I took one more look for Tabby. She was nowhere in town! But I eventually found her in the museum, hiding amongst the fossils.

Tabby, in the fossil room: Hurt me plenty! Do you, like, need me for anything?Your days above ground are numbered, Tabby. I will hurt you plenty, and I’ll bury you. It’s just a matter of time…