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I spent more time in a friend’s town and finally found a Walking Stick. And of course once I caught one, I was seeing tons spawning… Regardless, I’m glad with this done and the Mahi-Mahi the other day, I finally have defeated my Southern Hemisphere nemeses XP

I also spent some time picking weeds so I could get the final Weeds-related Nook Miles thing completed. It took about 300, but thankfully there were plenty.

Regardless, I eventually headed back and Isabelle let me know nothing was happening :( And despite my continued hopes, still no Redd. Thanks to more star wishes, I decided to start with combing my beach and I finally found another large fragment!! Sadly, it was the only one.

There was also a DIY Recipe in a Bottle from Octavian– a Barrel. As for my special Nature Day Nook Miles task, today was to make a wreath… which I originally thought from the image was another flower crown so I felt stupid wasting flowers on that, but at least I made something new for catalog sake. To make things worse, I then worked on the wreath only for it to not tick over properly as apparently crafting while in someone else’s town didn’t count for it… So I finally managed to make one in my own town and it completed it properly. I didn’t need either wreath for my catalog as I had been gifted them a long time ago, but at least I got the crafted check marks now.

Thanks to friends, I managed to get a few items I’ve been really wanting and used them to spruce up a few areas.

The mushrooms look a lot prettier at night, but still nice during the day too.

And while I didn’t get more large Star Fragments, I did get plenty of small ones whch let me make a few other lights. And also remind me of my biggest issue with terraforming: Having to essentially tear things down to place and/or modify certain things. It’s exhausting and so stressful as I always worry I won’t be able to get it back to how it was.

While it clearly worked out, it didn’t make it less disheartening.

After doing some modifying, I and a couple other of Renae’s moderators went over to her second town to help test out some fun minigame things.

After some testing, I headed back to finally have my K.K. Slider concert. No villagers ended up being there all day which was surprising, but I got a new song at least.

I also got a pink lantern from another friend for the campsite.

That night, we ended up heading back to Renae’s second town to wish on some stars and Celeste was there too. I ended up getting the Sci-fi wall.

Finally, I ended up playing around with my two Silos. I’ve been wanting to do something with one for a while and the idea of towers seemed really appealing, but I just can’t find a good place for them. And while this kind of worked, I’d miss my cherry blossom trees (You may also notice a bigger ledge from the museum… That’s where Stonehenge will go if I ever manage to get it).

I really need to switch those flowers to pink ones though :/

Going around my island, I eventually considered this spot… But I’ll definitely need to test it out a bit more. I think it could work though.

At the moment, I think my biggest priorities will be the last two mushroom items I want, but most importantly: I need more of Gulliver’s items for the museum area as it just looks plain and I really want to work it up. Unfortunately, all I can do is wait and hope :(

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So, before we get to Isabelle and May Day, while this is technically before rollover, it wouldn’t be possible until May 1st so I’m including it today!

I took a stop to a Southern Hemisphere island to get my final fish: the Blowfish!

With it in hand, I quickly headed home to donate it to Blathers. Now I just have Bugs and Art left…

I loved seeing how the museum is all built up. I can’t wait to have the other sections filled out.

The clock then slowly ticked over and I have to admit, I kind of agree with Isabelle’s assessment here.

Now that any of it has been particularly relaxing… Regardless, of course that meant after Isabelle’s announcements (and letting us know it is indeed May Day), we had a very special letter:

New gold tool recipe!!

I also got a really lovely letter from Teddy and a new item from Mom– her Knapsack!:

It wasn’t one of the super priority ones, but it’s at least one I like so I’m happy about that.

I also had gotten another Phone case to finally have some kind of pattern actually on my Nook phone.

With all that done, it was time for fossil hunting! I also remembered about the Stars on the beach so I decided to run along my beach as well. Today’s Bottled recipe was from Timbra– a Wooden Chair.

Leif also ended up being here today. My Nature Day task ended up be to plant 3 bushes which I’m guessing may be due to Leif’s presence. I hope they’ll look nice where I decided to put them. I need to get more Pink Camellia bushes :/ I thought I had more, but apparently I’ve out and the Hydrangeas don’t look as nice as they did in New Leaf. Thankfully, Filia sent some over T~T

While I managed to find all my fossils pretty quickly (three being in super close proximity to one another), the Star Fragments were actually kind of lacking which made me really sad. I also put the fake Informative statue up here as I liked the color, but I’m kind of rethinking it knowing they are all kind of haunted.

Regardless, with the chores done, it was finally May Day time! I had noticed the Nook Miles letter mentioned new Seasonal items for Nook Miles, but I didn’t see anything available… Maybe after I do the May Day tour.

And thus, it was off to the airport!

I’ll admit, that made me nervous at first, but in the end, this was actually really fun. I loved the puzzle-nature of it and the only thing I was sad about was that I had messed up when switching tools and it cost my a fruit… but I only lost out on some Bell Vouches so it’s fine. I definitely hope to do more though.

It was really nice meeting Rover. It also sounded like we may hopefully see him again sometime soon. Fingers crossed!

And thus, it was back to Pink Sea.

I, of course, stopped by my house first to pick up my belongings from the mail. I love the item we get from him so much. I really want to find somewhere nice for it.

I then went off to see Tom Nook to let him know I took the tour. This was a really sweet conversation. And Tom Nook calling us “Partner” is such a surprise considering what he’s gone through T~T

I had expected to be able to get more tickets to go more, but… it was just the one. What really gets me is I could’ve reset the maze and fixed my mistake where I used one fruit more than I wanted instead of the axe I crafted and gotten everything. But I left it because I was like “I can make up for it on the next one” thinking I could get a ticket for one, but now I just feel kind of like a failure. It doesn’t matter if I knew what was wrong when I failed to execute it properly.

And it was then I realized the “Seasonal items” was for the Nook Shopping thing– not Nook Miles. There was a Mother’s Day mug for sale. I bought two.

The only thing I can catch right now that I still have left is the Scorpion which wouldn’t be out for about 12 hours at the time of me doing all this. I’ll probably look around then or maybe even try doing one of those island set-up things, catch one, and run for my life. I’ll also probably poke in to check for recipes and for when the shops open.

The only other thing I could try for is the Walking Stick, but only in Southern Hemisphere islands and I haven’t seen any confirmation they show up when the gate is open. I don’t believe they’ve ever been “offline only” bugs, but I just have not managed to see them even when looking for them exclusively. As it is, I swear tree spawns are just… way down in this game, especially when online, but maybe I’m just crazy.

In the meantime, Mika and I headed over to Ruu’s for a small catalog party and Meteor shower! She also had both Saharah AND Celeste so it was pretty eventful.

After that, I stopped by Filia’s town for some Beetle training. I’ve always struggled with them a lot, but at least New Leaf let me get in a lot of practice with the island. The timing is slightly different this time around though so I really need the practice or I’ll never manage to get them. I suppose part of it is also just out of habit– offhand, I want to say July will be really busy for me, because, well, it used to be. But isn’t now. For reasons not related to the quarantine. I don’t really want to talk about it and just thinking about it makes me really sad, but regardless, July is a rough month for me either way and the less I have to worry about, the better.

He also had shooting stars so I made sure to make some wishes too.

Finally, evening hit and thus, it was Scorpion time. I had no luck finding one around my island (which may have been for the best), so it was time for drastic measures– heading for a Nook Miles island and setting it up to force a spawn. At first, I was worried it wouldn’t work out due to the river and it not being completely flat, but I think it actually worked out better as they weren’t spawning at a ridiculous speed that I couldn’t keep up with and in the end, the mission was successful:

With that done, the only thing to do is hope Gulliver shows up more and gives me the items I need… Or try to visit the Southern Hemisphere in hopes for Mushroom things… Otherwise, it’s just going to be a lot of waiting. Just like waiting for Phil, Alfonso, and Margie to want to move.

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Isabelle didn’t announce any news beyond April nearly ending, but I ran into Saharah while on my way to the museum to get fossils assessed and also donate everything I caught in a friend’s town.

Her allotment today:
Mysterious wallpaper: Strawberry-chocolate wall
Mysterious flooring: Gravel flooring
Small rug: Simple small brown mat
Medium rug: Brown wooden-deck rug
Large rug: Retro dotted rug

I ended up getting Ivy Wall and Dark Chocolates flooring as my bonus Wallpaper and Flooring respectively. Only the Ivy Wall was new our of everything though :(

I then went along the beach to check for a recipe and eventually found one in a Bottle from Cousteau this morning: Dark Rose Wreath.

My Nook Miles+ thing for today was to plant 3 Windflowers. I’m both nervous and excited for May Day tomorrow.

With pretty much everything I could do for now “finished”, I ended up working on this little sitting area a bit:

I think it looks a bit better now. I’d maybe consider some fences, but I don’t think any can fit nicely and I don’t really want to modify it at all.

Teddy taught me a new reaction today– Encouraging.

And this kind of ties into my frustration of the moment in the game– Reactions being locked to personality types. Am I necessarily surprised? No. Disappointed though? Absolutely.

With the ability to get recipes from your friends and even find DIY Recipes in bottles along the beach, while it may not be as high a chance as you like (and heck, even if you did have all the personality types in your town, there is no guarantee– Alfonso and Phil easily craft the least), I was really hoping that meant they wouldn’t be doing something like this again as it was so frustrating with Public Works.

I haven’t gotten a single Cranky Villager. I don’t want to temporary move one in just to move them out. That feels really mean. Phil and Alfonso are my only Smugs and I’m not going to keep them longer if they want to move on either. And considering one reaction is locked to “high friendship”, even if I got the others, who knows if I’d manage to get that one too.

Supposedly, you can learn 1 new Reaction a Day, but I absolutely haven’t been learning them that often… I need Pleased and Daydreaming* still from Sweet (previously normal) types, Sleepy and Mischief* from Peppy though I don’t care much for that last one, all the snooty ones (Intense, Thought, Sighing, Amazed, Love*), Disagree and Confident* from “Big Sister”, Pride* from Lazy, Flourish* from Jock, obviously all the Cranky ones (Agreement, Worry, Sheepish-ness, Bewilderment, Inspiration*), and all the Smug ones as well (Smirking, Resignation, Heartbreak, Dozing, Showmanship*).

* High friendship reaction.

Of the ones I don’t have, I most want Daydreaming, Curiousity, Thought, Sighing, Amazing, Love, and Flourish which thankfully I will be able to get regardless. I’d also like Inspiration (which just will not be happening), Agreement (also not happening), Showmanship (unlikely before Phil leaves), and maybe Dozing (could maybe happen before he leaves but not likely), but I’m not getting my hopes up.

I’d like to hope they can bring Dr. Shrunk back and he can teach you an emotion again for food or bells or something that you’re still missing if you weren’t able to get them for free. It’d be nice anyway :/ Otherwise, this may be the first time I don’t earn all the reactions and that makes me super sad.

Moving passed my frustrations, Fae let me visit her town to wish on Shooting Stars to help build my Star Fragments back up. Her town is so pretty. Kymera ended up hanging out too.


This just makes me want to get more Nova Lights and Star Clocks even more… Not to mention all the Starry Garlands I want to make T~T

Also I am totally wearing a Celeste-inspired outfit for future Star Gazing… I just need that Star Pochette and to decide what shoes.

I then spent some time working on the cafe to make some adjustments.

I definitely still want a few other instruments (or at the least, different colors), but otherwise, unless we get a nicer fence down the line, I think this area is “done”. I would say the next big things I want to work on are some grove stuff (which I need more Star Fragments for crafting and the mushroom furniture on my wish list– some may also go to the camp site) and, of course, the Museum which I need more of Gulliver’s landmark stuff for :/ So it’s just… waiting now.

Finally, Mira ended up setting up her doorplate and I also gave her a red Giant Ribbon for no explicable reason.

I wish the ribbon was that size for us :(

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Despite Kicks literally being in the opening loading screen thing, we have no news again. I don’t even mind Isabelle rambles, it just annoys me how a lot of “news” is not mentioned at all. Meanwhile, I am cursed to never see Redd again I guess :( (I know it hasn’t been that long, but that doesn’t make me feel less behind when I see some people done already and others who have gotten him 2-3 more times)

I got the K.K. Song I ordered in today along with a Pyramid from Gulliver (yaaaay) plus a Paw-print Doorplate from Mika so I could give Mira the doorplate I wanted for her! Unfortunately, she won’t be up for a while so it’ll have to sit in my inventory for now, but at least it’s ready to go now.

Since it only took 1 Customizer thing to recolor, I went ahead and did all the colors in one go so I wouldn’t have to worry about it later.

I then went to set up the Pyramid which was bigger than I remember. I managed to more or less make it work, but hopefully I can still get everything else in too…

In the meantime, even though I got Gulliver yesterday, I still found myself check the beach out of habit while fossil searching. I found a DIY Recipe from Piper with one of my most wanted recipes– The Giant Teddybear!

The shops sadly weren’t open yet since it was 5AM, but it just makes me miss the tent hours. The 5AM music is easily my favorite, especially the rain rendition, so it makes me sad that nothing really is going on at that time. I suppose it adds to the peacefulness though.

Regardless, as the clock dinged over to 6AM and my favorite song ended, I took a walk over to the village to check out the wreaths now out. I also was able to give Mira her own (which should be out tomorrow) after she finally woke up.

Not too much else happened. I did my Nature Day Nook Miles+ thing of the day (I had to build two more fences which was kind of disappointing as I was really hoping each day’s would be “unique”), stopped by some other towns, and stopped by a friend’s town who was currently in Summer and now have traveled to all four seasons at least briefly :P

While at my friend’s town, besides giving me a bunch of items I had yet to catalog, he also gave me this lovely train set so now I have 3/4! I just still need the Summer version.

I always loved the train set and am just disappointed I don’t have somewhere to have them all set up at once.

Edit with Late night additions: Thanks to Jade, I was able to finally get the Bamboo Partition! It took a bit of tooling, but I managed to make it work:

I also spent some time in a friend’s Summer town catching things:

I just have the Blowfish left to catch now for fish. And Beetles are NOT FUN at all. I can not figure out the timing, but it feels trickier than usual with trees and I hope I get better with it :/

On a random note, Deli is one of his villagers and honestly, his house is kind of impressive. I have a lot of trouble working in smaller spaces, but he gives me hope I’ll work something out.