That's quite a coincidence, Chops in my town also wants me to get signatures for his petition too! I can help you out with that if you want!
Today, I dug up a time capsule for Mitzi. Gulliver was also on the beach so I woke him up, he was just heading for the USA, just my country funnily enough. I made a delivery for Melba to Chops as well. I also bought a sweets lamp from GracieGrace, it cost 98,000 bells. It was definitely expensive but I really wanted it, I still have a million and a half bells saved. It's definitely a goal of mine to buy all of Gracie's furniture one day. I also visited Sly's house, I scheduled it and figured I'd still be playing in that timeframe.