Las Vegas! Oh my heck, I had the absolute BEST trip the past few days! I’m still utterly exhausted, and should go to bed, but I want to get this post up before its old news! Dr. Clifford paid for our office to go to the Las Vegas ADA Dental Convention this past week! Sunday we headed down early in the morning, to catch our noonish flight.
We arrived in Las Vegas, to be met by a VERY NICE Presidential Limo to take us to the hotel. Not only did we get a superb ride, but the driver greeted us each with roses ( now I know what it feels like to be on the Bachelor!), and champagne (which I didn’t partake of, don’t worry!).
Since we got there so early, we were able to hit the strip. We were staying at Mandalay Bay (Beautiful!) and didn’t go to far.
We were freaked out about this bar. If you picked anything up for more than 30 seconds, you were charged for it…. needless to say, we stayed FAR away!
We made it to the M&M and Coca Cola Factory before we headed back to make it to…….. House of Blues for Dinner, and then The Lion King! It was amazing! We really wanted to go to it when it was in SLC, but by the time we tried to get tickets, they were about $300 a piece, so we decided not to go. So…. I got to see it for the first time in Las Vegas instead! We did a little shopping later that night, Bought some Toms, and some Balance Bracelets for Justin and I. They seem to be working, keepin me more alert, and balanced!
My Toms *don’t mind my dry, dry legs!*
Monday, was filled with classes. The opener featured Terry Fader, who was so stinkin funny! And then Condoleezza Rice spoke. She was very good as well.
Ya, don’t let me kid you… I wasn’t that close.
I was this close, and that’s with my camera zoomed in as far as it would go…. I was pretty close to this bald head I think though… lol
My first one was a very small class. They had different reps come in and talk to us about their products in a round table. We got a ton of samples, and a ton of information about our equipment and products! One rep even sent us home with a huge bag filled with full sized Oil of Olay products, and another, a gift card to Starbucks. It was awesome!
After a yummy Mexican lunch, we headed to our 2nd class of the day. This one was called Women, Weight, and Wellness. I really didn’t like the speaker too much, but it did get me motivated to hit the gym, and watch what what I eat a little more!
That night we headed to Treasure Island to watch Mystere. Oh my heck, I’ve never been to a “show” and this one was amazing! And everyone is so buff! We walked down the strip, and hit a few of the insides of the casino/hotels on the way home.
According to Amanda… Our Hygienist from Las Vegas, these flowers are hand blown, and costs $500 bucks a piece!
Tuesday morning, we went swimming. Mandalay Bay has an amazing outdoor “beach” complete with sand, a wave pool, and a lazy river. Then we got ready, and walked the floor. They have the BEST samples. I didn’t get to spend a lot of time on the floor, but got a few cool samples : ). My class that day was called Leading the way to Infection Control excellence. It was such a good class for me to take. I am such a germ freak in the first place! I learned that in a lot of aspects, hand sanitizer is better that soap and water. So… to everyone that thinks I’m crazy…. I’m not : ) lol.
That night we went to an expensive dinner at Lupo. It is Wolfgang Pucks Italian Restaurant. It was delish. We told them that it was Jamie’s 10 year anniversary working for Dr. Clifford, so they brought us the BEST cheesecake I have ever had!
After Dinner I gambled a little. First time EVER. I didn’t do well at all (hence the title of this blog) but it was fun. I put in my money, and it all the sudden went from $20.00 to Zero, and printed me out my ticket…. for some reason, it gave me an extra five cents, so I guess I won in that aspect, but lost everything very quickly!
Wednesday I got up, went to my last class on Pedo. It was awesome, the Dr. that taught the class was so full of energy, I could see why he worked in a Pedo. office.
We had to say goodbye to Las Vegas, hopped into a White Presidential Limo this time, and then caught our plane home. I think I’d like to go back, with Justin this time. He hates crowds, but I think he would like the different shows and food!
Goodbye Las Vegas, Hello hunting. That’s what we are doing tomorrow…. thank heavens I just found my hunter safety card!And we also have family Pictures tomorrow night : ) Yea!
