Lot’s to think about. Have been in touch with the ministry of foreign affairs about inviting some foreign guests to ANTI –festival and got for a change quite excited about the possibilities. It would be so great if we could invite a couple of international editors and a few directors and curators to the next festival and highlight the international position of ANTI. I had a Skype session with Gregg and as usual, it felt really good to go through things with him. His visiting Kuopio next week and I’m so much looking forward to planning the festival and going through the applications with him. The association behind the festival has its annual meeting next week and today two new members joined our association, hurray!
Last night I was totally wiped out by the acupuncture treatment. I had to go to bed at something like 7.30 pm and I woke up when Pekka came home from work after 9 pm. The treatment was really good; it’s pretty amazing how you can feel your meridians running down the spine, across the back, from the neck down to the arm etc. Jori did also some cupping to me and the marks on my back are pretty intense… I’ve felt much better with my shoulder and neck today but I ended up doing too much cleaning and household stuff tonight. And that was because it turned out that my daughter has pinworms! Disgusting. They have had them in her day care but I have never ever had them in my family before. So I had to buy the medicine for all of us and wash all bed linen, towels, toys, bathroom…well, I might be overreacting a bit but I truly find it horrifying. Pinworms are very common, apparently, but I’m definitely shocked and upset.
I’m planning to work at the Blue House tomorrow, there are a few things that need to be sorted out and decided soon. Some work needs to be done as well but I’m not going to sit by the computer all day.

Hope you are well.

Johanna