I've been working ~6 days a week for the zoo for the summer. Which is all well and groovy and somewhat part of the territory with this sort of position. But it gets kind of weird when on my day off, after doing all the normal errands and wandering, I settle down in the evening to play Zoo Tycoon.

I wonder if it's some sort of validation thing... when the game congratulates me for my zoo administration skills I assume this also applies to real life. Or possibly it's some weird zoo attachment that needs closer examination. I haven't yet recreated the zoo I work for in pixels, but I guess there's still time.

I wonder if soldiers play Call of Duty or lawyers play Phoenix Wright?

Anyway, I've now been offered a permanent position. 50% admin, 50% marketing, 100% pretty darn cool. I will at least be able to afford this flat I so rashly rushed into.

So apparently there is no work around home.
This is bad.

However I will draw your attention to the fact that there are currently two elephant keeper jobs going in BIAZA institutions - one at Chester and one at Twycross. Why the sudden defecit of elephant staff?

It's probably libellious to suggest that the previous holders of the positions met on an elephant care conference and ran off together, leaving sudden vacancies behind them :-) Anyway, in case anyone's contemplating a drastic career change, the jobs are here. You do need elephant experience, however...

I'd fancy that animal records post if it wasn't in Cumbria, though.