A Day in the City

Today I have spent an entire day in the city. I haven't been doing this in a long time, but it turned out quite nicely. In the morning, I had another appointment with the gastro-enterologist (yes, the one who put her hand in my behind... LOL) and was given a preliminary status on my health situation. To keep it brief: It's not life-threatening or fatal, but there are some serious and very limiting conditions concerning my gastric/intestinal body section. So, this part of my body, I can't go easy on and will have to watch closely and take medication for the rest of my life. I had had hopes of becoming 100% healthy, physically, but I will have to let go of that expectation. It's a challenge now to look at this in a positive way, but I'm doing my best in that regard. I know, it could have been much worse, but it weighs on me that I can't be spontaneous and careless about when, where and what I eat. Like I said: I'm doing my best to see this positively, in terms of my body exactly telling me, what's good for me and what not. I just can't afford to mess with this and will have to keep listening carefully. Later on, I met my editor-in-chief, whom I presented with those medical findings and whom I prepared to the fact that given this condition, a regular office-situation is not for me. He'll try to keep me as a freelancer, but can't say how long management will give him that freedom. He's still strongly encouraging me to come back full time. I'm amazed and impressed by the amount fo understanding and empathy he has shown in this all along. Wow, those qualities have become rare in today's business life! During the afternoon, I ran several errands, one of which being to rent music equipment for the boss and his upcoming wedding. I hung out at the store for a while, checking on pianos and other stuff, always interesting to see, what's in the stores at a given time. At 6pm I met with another group of Munich/flickr photographers and Klaus, who was in the first meeting I initiated. We couldn't stay long, as Klaus had promised to shoot some images for a gospel choir and their website. I must say, it was a really, really lovely evening! We had a lot of fun taking images of the guys, the choir was amazingly good, met a huge and enthusiastic audience in a lovely setting in the Olympic Park, in a little open-air arena made in the fashion of those antique greek and Roman amphitheaters. Just very, very nice! And I realized again that I miss playing music as an activity in my life... So I introduced myself to the choir and offered to audition, as they are currently looking for singers... Now i will have to sort out about 800 images I took that night over the next few days... oops! But it'll be worth it, I'm sure! (And darn, I need better lenses...)