yesterday, we went to chippy's house, and guess who we brought with us? picabo! he's never been there before, so he was really hyper and excited, though he was worn out after about a half an hour. too bad we stayed there the entire night. "the kids" went to dinner at the cheesecake factory (their fudge cake is yummmmy...), so picabo stayed behind in the office, but when we came back, he greeted us at the garage! oops, i guess those doors weren't enough to hold him. but anyway, today he seems very deflated, and my mom thinks he's traumatized. but i'm glad we all went to chippy's yesterday, since picabo got to socialize and i got to hang out with my friend whom i've known ever since she was born! she's heading off to her first year at carnegie mellon in two weeks, so i won't see her until thanksgiving break or something :( . but good luck chippy!