oy, totally forgot to give an update!

well I had decided to adopt sweet little Chopper, and went down on my lunch break on Wed and got there as soon as they opened at noon. played with him again, did a meeting with him & Brock, and then put a hold on him. there was already a 4-day hold on him for "pet request" (not sure exactly what that is) that was going to end that day at 6pm. they said theyd call me around 630 that evening to let me know his status. and, unfortunately, they called to say someone from pet request adopted him. Im still pretty sad about it, but I suppose it just wasnt meant to be.