Happy Independence Day!

Yay America!

What heat wave?

Bring it on, heat advisory!

Snuggie

RP1 feels that he should not have to wear his
snuggie in the office when it is 100 degrees outside.

S'more Pandas

Conference Call

RP1 was up late preparing for a
conference call. RP2 prepared as well
and is ready to step in and help -
panda solidarity!

RP1 is thinking of ways to stay awake. 

Even the vapors count.

Squeaky clean

RP2's first car wash

Happy Father's Day!

RP2 celebrates with Holly's dad

Vitamin C

RP1 partakes of a healthy pre-hike snack

Green thumb

RP1 got a new office plant!

Deep breaths.

RP2 helps Holly prepare for a two hour workshop.

It went well. Sort of.

YOU'VE BEEN PANDA-D

RP2 and Real RP meet again

self-explanatory

I'm not going to freak out.

RP2 is stressed out at work

Prednisone blues

RP2 is feeling angry. RP1 has a diagnosis.

Back to work!

RP1 is back to work after a long vacay

Sweet Home Chicago

RP2 heads back downtown

Family panda

RP2 with the extended family

World Traveler

RP1 is finally ready to fly home (again!) - he has now been to 6 states!

Love + marriage

RP2 took a carriage ride at a wedding...

... and brought a new friend home!

Tourist

RP1 tours Blue Cotton!

Surprise!

Thoughtful RP1 sent RP2 a card!

Road trip chillin'

RP1 listening to Adele

Achoo.

RP2 is sick.

Pegs

Aaron is bad at the Cracker Barrel peg game, but RP2 is so good he left ZERO PEGS.

Peace out, Kentucky

RP2 is headed home.

Wait... what?

RP1 wants to know why a bowl of flowers is duct taped to this fixture.

Plum tuckered

RP2 had a long day...

RP1 the comedian

Climb up a tree and act like a nut! LOL

On the road again

RP1 and RP2 text from the road... so close but so far away in Kentucky and Tennessee.

RP1

RP2

Back to work!

The next day it was back to work as usual.

RP2 writes out social media citations

RP1 meets his desk buddies

Saying goodbye

RP1 gets ready to board his plane as RP2 heads home from Chicago :(

The good news was... RP1 got a window seat! RP2 resorted to emotional eating to fight the lonelies.

The Beginning

The Red Pandas (a.k.a. RP1 and RP2) were purchased by Miriam and Holly on a special trip to Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.

RP1 and RP2 were separated too soon, but keep in touch about their adventures via text messages.

Miriam & Holly

The real RP at Lincoln Park Zoo