Absolutely Drenched!

 Well, we prayed for it!  Thursday evening there was a sealers and wives meeting scheduled at the temple.  Ken was out of town, so I got all ready and drove over there.  As I was driving there, the skies opened up and it began to POUR!  I pulled into the parking lot and waited.  It was coming down in sheets and the wind was fierce.  I was puzzled.  I didn't see any of the other sealers and wives going in.  Usually when we have these meetings, it is sweet to watch all of the sealer couples streaming into the temple. Did I get the date wrong?  I opened my phone and the email that informed us of the meeting.  Yes, it said Thursday, September 4th, 7:30pm.   It was 7:22pm.  The meeting was to start at 7:30pm.  I HATE to be late for anything.  I am kind of obsessed with punctuality.  I sat and watched the sheets of rain as I watched the minutes tick.  I can't be late!  What do I do?  At 7:25, I decided I had to brave it.  But I could hardly get out of my car.  Every time I tried the wind blew my door shut before I could get out.  I finally got out.  I had a plastic shopping bag in my car, so I tried to put that over my head, but it didn't work.  It just blew off.  It was me against the elements trying to walk up to the door of the temple.  It was scary. I finally got inside the vestibule.  I was absolutely drenched.  My dress was wringing wet, my hair was every bit as wet as if I had just washed it, my leather shoes were soaked through.  My glasses were so wet, I could barely see.  I tried to wipe my face and walked in.  The greeting sister's jaw literally dropped when she saw me. "Well, we prayed for it," I said.

There is a restroom in the non-patron waiting room just off the front foyer. I went in there and used a mountain of paper towels trying to dry my face, my hair, my dress.  I was a mess.  I brushed my hair, but it was useless.  I realized I couldn't go into a meeting.  For one thing, I would freeze to death. My clothing was so wet.  I went back out into the front foyer and still so no other sealers or wives.  I asked the sister if there was a sealers meeting tonight.  She didn't know.  I was so puzzled as to why I saw no one.  I waited for the rain to subside and went back out into a lighter drizzle and got safely to my car.  I sat in my car and laughed out loud!  Boy, do I have a story to tell!

When I got home I undressed.  I was literally soaked to the skin.  I had to remove everything and got into dry underwear and my nightgown.  Then I opened my phone again and scrolled through the emails from our sealer coordinators.  We get an email every week informing us of announcements and pdfs of that week's updated schedule and live sealing assignments.  Sure enough, I found one that had a list of announcements, including that the September 4th meeting was postponed until October 23rd.  What?  How had I missed that?  I had absorbed all of the announcements before and after that one.  Man, I'm losing it.

When Ken got home, I told him my experience.  He had seen the postponement announcement and assumed I had as well.

I have to say that, despite this experience, we are most grateful for the rain and will continue to pray for more.

I took a selfie in the car of my drenched hair.  I wish I had thought to take one of the storm.