International Day against Racism

Today is the International Day against Racism. Did you know that in 1966 the UN declared March 21st to be remembered as the day against racism, and that the events in South Africa in March six years before that lead to the world wide acknowledgement towards the equality of man.

I am honored, my son took part in the Finnish Red Cross campaign and the spot is wonderful! I’ll try to add it to my blog for you to see. Unfortunately it is spoken in Finnish with no subtitles, so if you should need translation, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

For a couple of days I have taken my new medication. The only difference is that I feel constantly ill all the time, which means that I haven’t eaten real food during this time, only tea and once a day I force down a piece of bread or banana. This is said to be a normal reaction to this medication, and that these feelings should subside in two-three weeks. You know that everything is not alright when I say no to chocolate. And I just love chocolate regardless the flavor, white chocolate, dark chocolate, orange crumb chocolate or milk chocolate.

This past week has been extraordinary due to the fact that every morning I have woken before seven am. Normally I’d sleep until nine or ten, and first then get up. After three or four hours I have to take a nap, because I am so tired. I assume this also has something to do with the new medicines.

Last Friday we drove to the police station and left my application for the disabled parking permit. I had to have my picture taken, and it turned out awful! But then again, whose passport picture is one of their best pictures? Bad paid for photo indeed.

Still hoping that spring will come very soon, I want to go outside. In two or maybe three months, we can finally spend time at our summer cottage, I’m really looking forward to this. What I would give to move permanently there. My dream is to build a house on top of the hill, on one side you can see Lake Outamo and on the other side is the grand lake of Lohja. The house would be with big windows, so that the view wouldn’t be disturbed by walls. Well, maybe one day.