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A Wednesday that felt like a Monday

10/4/2017

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Neddy needs a dentist. To avoid the steeper language barrier of phone conversations, I went to a pediatric dentist in-person to make the appointment.  Fortunately, someone at reception spoke English. Unfortunately, she said because we don’t have our insurance cards yet, I need to pay for the appointment in cash. Oh, the cash.

Following my clueless plea for guidance, she took out a stack of forms. She hesitated and said,

​“You need to fill these out, but they’re in German. Do you have someone to help you that speaks German?”
“No. Is there a place I can go to get help like that?”
“No. Maybe google translate.”

In brighter news, Thom went on a field trip to the Freiburg newspaper office today. He is working on the first publication of The Lord Gazette. Please let him know if you're interested in subscribing.


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Abby
10/4/2017 05:02:55 pm

Ugh. The dentist. What a mess. Sorry, gal.

I'd love to subscribe to the Lord Gazette.

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katherine
10/5/2017 09:48:27 am

Count us in for the Lord Gazette too! (Sorry about the dentist).

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Julia
10/10/2017 10:27:25 am

Papa and I would love to subscribe to the Lord Gazette! Please let us know the price, and maybe I can get a 10-month subscription and pay when we see you next month. 😄

I'm so sorry about the language problems at the dentist's office. Did they let you make an appointment for Neddy? Maybe you could get an appointment in Glasgow with Hannah's dentist instead. You could have all the Lords checked out at "one fell swoop."

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