Anteater

I saw an anteater for the first time that I can remember today. It was spectacular.

Not just one, many! And I decided to call one Marco, not that it knows it!

It is always such a strange feeling when you see something, that is perfectly normal to see in wildlife reservations, or in your county, or even something that you see on television all time, with your own eyes. I was looking into the distance where some capybaras were running, and I felt extremely unsettled because they look like giant guinea pigs and that is not something I want to imagine. I then adjusted my line of focus and a loud 'HOOOH' came out of my mouth as I saw an anteater. My boyfriend laughed at me because of the face I made and, coupled with my vocal reaction, I can understand why.

It is not the kind of thing that you expect to be excited to see, but the idea of seeing something like that, or lions, tigers, even elephants, it is a surreal experience. It makes me extremely happy to see animals like that, and I think that wildlife reservations are wonderful things, and I wish it was easier to interact with that kind of wildlife.

If you pay tax and you ever go to a wildlife reservation, a zoo, or any kind of place that is a charity, always gift aid your payment if you can. It takes two minutes to fill out a form, and it means that the charity can claim 20
% of the tax back from the government, which is a much nicer place for your money to go.

Here are a couple of links to websites if you are interested in finding out more:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/individuals/giving/gift-aid.htm
https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/gift-aid

Ideas

A few weeks ago, I had an idea that I wanted to start making something that I could sell to make some money. I have had a lot of difficulties with jobs in the past few months, the main one being actually trying to find a job in the first place. So I thought and I thought about what I could do, and I could not think of anything.

Then, last night, I thought harder and came up with a couple of ideas. I bought supplies, which I am awaiting in the post, and started up an Etsy shop. I am going to try, and see how it goes, and to even see if I can achieve anything similar to what I want to. The lesson to be learnt here is that if you think hard enough you can always come up with an idea, and that if something doesn't work, persevere, and if it STILL doesn't work, at least you know you have tried :)