Pi-chan got a new friend today. He’s been so lonely by himself while I’m at work, and I felt so bad to see him puffed up and looking depressed whenever I came home at night. It was a cold and rainy day, but I managed to run out to the bird store when it was only just a little rainy and pick up his new friend. She’s a lutino parakeet, so she’s all yellow and has red eyes. (Pi-chan some kind of bizarre half-lutino/half-green, but I think they look nice together.) Since she’s all yellow, I named her Kiiro-chan.

Pi-chan’s reaction when I put her into the cage was so heartwarming. He was so happy! Even Kiiro-chan shrugged off the trauma of being cramped in a tiny box on a cold, rainy bike ride when she saw how excited Pi-chan was. They’re cute together; Kiiro-chan follows Pi-chan anywhere he goes, and Pi-chan is really happy to have a buddy, although he’s been nipping at her on and off all day when she eats “his” food or plays with “his” toy… I guess he’s not used to sharing yet.

Kiiro-chan is really sweet and curious, and has a different sounding chirp than Pi-chan, so it’s really cute to hear them peeping to each other. It’s going to be hard to finger-train her, with my limited time, and with them being together all the time… but she’s happy to follow Pi-chan onto my finger, so I’m hoping I can tame her that way. She isn’t all that scared of me, and the most important thing is that they have each other.

Originally, I was going to go on a 2-day trip to Nagano to visit an Ukiyo-e art museum and then to Takayama to look at the really old village (good photo opportunities, methinks), but I wasn’t able to get in touch with my ride, so it ended up falling flat. I was kind of looking forward to a relaxing weekend anyway, considering the business of last weekend. I got to clean my room and start a painting, too, which is good.