7th
Year 3 in Sunshine Islands
I bit off a bit more than I could chew this spring. I planted a lot. I guess it was because my watering can is upgraded and I can water nine squares at a time, so I thought it would be easy to take care of everything. I thought wrong. I have been up until 4am watering and harvesting for the last two nights in a row. After four the sun creeps up. I scurry off to bed and somehow managed to rise at six. What was I thinking?
I finally decided to give up on my slow pursuit of Vaughn (I think) and focus my attention on Will. Sure Denny, Pierre, Elliot, and Shea all love me and would happily accept the blue feather and run off to the chapel with me. I just can’t picture a life with a stinky fisherman, gluttonous cook, wild man (ok, that could have some interesting moments), or plain old Elliot. Nope, I have to go with the ones that are hard to get. If I were really stubborn I would hold out for Mark since he is only at a purple heart, but he just doesn’t do it for me. I can almost make Vaughn’s favorite dish, porridge, which would make wooing him a little bit faster…and makes me think that maybe flower loving Will isn’t the one for me (even though he’s already at yellow heart status.) Decisions!
I need to decide soon because I need to get married and get knocked up so my kid can give me a sun stone. I have priorities. I only need a few more sunstones. I need 13 more stones. I have none of the “maker” sun stones (though I’m working on obtaining the cheese, mayonnaise, and yarn maker stones). I also need two more chickens, one more cow, and one more sheep to get stones from Mirabelle. My pig hates me. He won’t give me his stone. Then, I just need the one from my future baby—who doesn’t cough it up until he/she is two. See? I need to get married. STAT.
When I’m not busy worrying about boy troubles, I like to spend time on Animal Island. I have recruited 20 ducks who fetch all manner of fish things for me. I have them up to nine hearts. When they hit 10 I think I will attempt to recruit monkeys. They bring you gifts of lumber and stone. I always need more building materials, and they might even bring gold material stone—something I’ve only ogled from the other side of Gannon’s counter.
My livestock are thriving. I’m hoping to actually win a festival with one in the near future. I have two cows, one regular and one Jersey Cow. I have two sheep, one regular and one Suffolk. I have 4 plain old chickens. Celebi (my favorite chicken) is almost throwing maxed eggs, so I may be able to buy a Silkie Hen any day now. I even have an empty feeder available for the chick.
My fruit trees aren’t doing much. I just planted them last year. A couple of them didn’t survive the winter and I had to replant. Only one of them is to the third stage and looks like a tree. I keep hoping it’s the banana tree because I want to feed bananas to the monkeys. Time will tell.
Though I have raised greenhouse island I’m a bit too poor to afford a greenhouse. I have a feeling that would be just one more thing to try and fit into my hectic days anyway. Maybe after I settle down with a man I can devote a bit more time to nurturing perfect veggies.
This year I planted rice for the first time. I keep forgetting it’s up there. Thank god I don’t have to water it too! I did check on it the other day and it has at least sprouted. I guess it takes a while to grow. Maybe I can harvest rice (and make porridge for Vaughn…) in the summer or fall.
Well, with any luck I’ll marry soon. Then I can tell you all about my marriage woes. Until then, I have farming to do!
