I met up with some of my high school friends and for some reason we went to a local pet store.
My day went from "I'm not sure what chinchillas are" to "WHY DON'T I ALREADY HAVE TEN CHINCHILLAS?"
I did a lot of research on them, and although Justin was okay with us getting one, decided we shouldn't get one RIGHT NOW (we were totally going to order a cage and pick up everything and the chinchilla the following weekend).
Apparently chinchillas are super sensitive to heat, will spray urine on you, throw their poop at you, generally don't like to cuddle with you, make a lot of noise at night, and get lonely easily because they're very social creatures.
So maybe later.