I, thankfully, haven't been on a pet mission for a long time...almost 4 years!! But I so understand that searching, researching, driving endless hours, obsessing over the new pet I am going to get. Then when I can't find the one I really want I just take whatever I can get and tell ppl this is what I have been looking for all this time. LMAO @ the surprised looks your parents are going to have. I've seen the look many times on my husbands face.