Oddly enough, the most interesting thing that happened to me this week was when Stinky wanted to play hide-and-seek with Tank, Poppy and me. I like playing hide-and-seek because I'd be traveling all over the entire town anyway to make sure I water all the flowers that need it and picking any weeds that have sprung up. I can just look for the hiders on the way. Of course, sometimes I get distracted and forget that I'm supposed to be seeking, and this was no exception. I literally found the last one with a couple minutes left on the clock! Oops! But the interesting part was that I was playing this really late at night after Nook's had closed down, so my pockets were full of stuff that I couldn't sell. So when I won my prize, Stinky couldn't give it to me because I couldn't carry it. He promised to send it my way later, and the guy turned out to be true to his word. The very next day when I checked my mailbox, my prize was there waiting for me. It was another dingloid, but I already had it in my collection. I still appreciate Stinky making the effort and not stiffing me on my prize!

I had a little worry when Rodeo mentioned to me his intention to leave town. Usually the people who move out are recent transplants. Rodeo is one of my original neighbors, so I was very surprised when he planned to go away. At least he gave me the option of telling him not to go, so I quickly begged him to stay and when he said he'd consider his options, I rushed to mail him a present in the post so as to hopefully bribe him into staying. A couple days later I was talking to him again in his house (which wasn't packed up, thankfully) and he mentioned he was still mulling over moving. So again, I told him not to go anywhere, and this time he seems to have agreed to stay. I may send him another letter though, just to be sure. I can't lose Rodeo! He's one of my original favorites! He can't be replaced — I haven't seen anyone else with crazy red glowing demon eyes!

I keep forgetting to go to the city and see what Redd has on special. I kind of got out of the habit because every week he seemed to have paintings I already had, and when it was something different, it was a fake. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me fifty times, shame on me. Sigh. But I went just out of curiosity, and he actually had a proper painting I'd never seen before. Unfortunately, it was a waste of money, because as soon as I got back to Narnia, I brought it over to the museum where Blathers immediately proclaimed it as a fake. I don't know why I bother...