There are so many things to tell about our last couple of weeks here in Vegas...but this one was definitely a little highlight for us...
Dave and Kylie (and Evan) came from California to visit us for 2,5 days..yay!
We really enjoy visits from friends since we don't know many people here..there is only one other couple in our ward that is about our age...
Anyway, it was great having the three here and it was a pleasure for us to meet their 5-months old baby Evan. He is sooo cute!
On Friday morning, we sent them out to the world on their own, since we had a doctor's appointment. The worst experience ever!!! Every time I go to the doctor here in the US, I miss the German health system...
Anthon and I were super super mad after the appointment...
When we arrived, the person at the desk told us that we would have to wait 1 hour because the doctor had had an emergency that morning. The time passed by.... and after about 2,5 hours and not many patients left in the waiting room (and we had asked around to see how many people there are before us), that desk woman called somebody before us that was supposed to have an appointment 30 min after us. A black young lady next to us then asked the desk woman, what's going on and why she let that other person go before us.
The desk person only looked through her papers and said: "Oops!" She never said sorry or explained why. She had all the papers and schedules there... so she shouldn't have made that mistake.
After 3,5 hours (although we had an appointment) we finally saw the doctor, with super messy hair. Didn't look too trustworthy... She is supposed to be one of the best doctor's in town though. She asked me about 1-2 questions... and after 2 minutes she sent us home.
We waited 3,5 hours in her boring waiting room for 2 minutes of her time?!? After the appointment, we had to go to the check-out where a superficially friendly woman asked us how we are doing... the most stupid question at a doctor's office. I would have loved to tell her how mad we both were.
1st I'm at the doctor's because something is not right and 2nd, we just had to wait 3,5 hours for 2 minutes, had to pay 25 Dollars and knew as much as before the appointment.
You can imagine how "willing" we were to pay the 25 Dollars co-pay...
I've only had bad experiences going to the doctor here in the US. I've gone to so many doctors in Germany, but I've never had such bad experiences....
Anyways... after that we went to the Las Vegas temple with Dave and Kylie, which was a nice contrast to our stupid doctor's appointment. ;-)
Just taking some pictures at the temple...
After that, we went to the Ethel M Chocolate factory. Although this chocolate is pretty expensive, it tastes pretty cheap. I wouldn't buy it... just go to the Springdale Candy Company- there you get some good quality..
Kylie and Dave wanted to go to a buffet, so we did- you shouldn't leave Vegas without having gone to a buffet. There are sooo many buffets here!
We decided to go to the Red Rock casino and try their "Feast Buffet". It really was a feast!
Here is their website:
Kylie showed us how to even eat ice-cream with chop sticks... :-D
Wow... we were sooo full after this buffet!
The Feast Buffet was good, but I don't know if I would go there again. Buffets are buffets, unless you pay more money. Anthon and I prefer quality over quantity... and not feeling stuffed like a huge turkey...
But it was still fun going there.. and hey.. 7 Dollars for a buffet is pretty cheap! ;-)
After the buffet we went to the strip and walked through the Bellagio. I love the Bellagio! I like the garden that is displayed inside the hotel.. and of course I LOVE their fountain shows!
Since the strip is only a 1.2 miles away from where we live, we often go to the strip, just to watch a couple of fountain shows. Yay for cheap dates!
It was so cute to see Anthon so baby trunky...haha... he LOVES babies and always plays and talks with them... He always wants to hold them and throw them in the air,....but I guess we still have to wait a while until Anthon can play with our own baby...
I'm glad I have a husband who is so excited to have kids one day. Since Anthon is the biggest, silliest kid in the world, our kids will love playing with him! :-)
Isn't lil' Evan so cute?
It would be so nice to live closer to Dave and Kylie- they are really such a nice couple. Just fun to be around!
2 days went by so fast! But it was so much fun having them here! Thanks for coming Dave, Kylie and Evan!
Well, I have had to wait at German doctor appointments, but you're right - in general, they are much faster! Hope you're feeling okay. How fun to have some friends to play with - your balloon picture is cool!
ReplyDeleteWaiting is part of a doctor's appointment...but 3,5 hours?
ReplyDeleteAnd I feel that German doctor's do things more thoroughly... and they have more machines in the practice. And most of the time, they take blood and send it to a lab. We had to go to two different labs after this appointment. We still don't have any results... the initial appointment was at the end of May, then they cancelled our appointment the night before..and now almost a month later we still don't know anything... that hasn't happened to me in Germany... it's crazy!
Just read about the doctor visit. Things are pretty efficient with time here in Switzerland, although I did just switch pediatricians because the old doctor was chronically an hour behind schedule. . . Every time I went to see him with one of my children. There is a lot of bureaucracy and red tape which leads to a lot of ineffieciencies in the system in the U.S. They have so many waiver forms to sign, etc. it seems like because they are trying to prevent lawsuits and being sued. I hope you have a good expeience soon in the U.S. I don't think it is impossible to have one. But you can feel lucky and really appreciate it when you finally do have a good experience. Can't wait to see you guys in August!
ReplyDeleteMelissa, I KNOW EXACTLY what you mean. I'm honestly so done with going to the doctor. Our Family Doctor is the only one that's really nice and there has not been much waiting at all. My "Frauenarzt" has been horrible. I felt like a number throughout my entire pregnancy and for my 6 weeks check up I was ask by the doctor that deliver the baby how the delivery was and if there where any complications and so on. I would think they would have a folder for each patient and would WRITE THAT DOWN. Aaaaaaaaaa... I could not believe it. And he did only have of what he was suppose to do. Like you said - in and out. I could tell you stories and stories... Yes, I do miss my doctors at home because they gave me the feeling that they cared about me which I need to trust a doctor. Oh well, I live. Good luck with everything and I hope everything is better now and will! Dicker Drücker!!!!!!
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