I love to see the Temple and I'm Singing in the Rain

Monday was such a great day!! I decided that morning that I wanted to go to the Temple after classes. I wore a skirt and everything but I wanted to do some homework, so I didn't start for the temple until about 3. It was lightly sprinkling but that wasn't anything to stop me from going. Part way there, about the middle of Heritage, it started to pour! I decided that I really wanted to go so I just kept walking. The further I got, the worse the weather became and the brighter my attitude got for some reason.
As a side note, when I was little, I HATED thunderstorms. Then when I got a little older, I thought they were still the scariest things ever, but I liked how excited Heather got over them and that she would make me sit on the porch swing and watch them with her. Now, I don't know what happened, but I really enjoyed Monday's thunderstorm. I think its Heather's fault. So yes it, was also thundering on my walk, along with the pouring rain and crazy wind. And I was smiling the whole time. I passed people that were going as fast as they could through the rain and were upset at the storm, and I just smiled. I don't know what was going on. I then got Singing in the Rain stuck in my head and really wanted to jump in the puddles like Gene Kelly. It actually wouldn't of made a difference as my shoes were already soaked through.
So I get to the temple sopping wet with a smile on my face and I wonder how going into the Lord's house sopping wet would work, but I went up to the door and it was closed. I then remembered that it closes early on Mondays. Which I found amusing and it didn't dampen my mood. So I plopped down and just watched the rain, listening to the thunder around me.
I do not sing by myself in front of people. Especially if I don't know them and there isn't a radio blasting next to me. Pretty much, only my car gets the privilege of hearing me sing acapella and that is also a fairly rare occurrence. But as it was raining and no one was at the temple, I felt like singing. So I started singing the Storm is Passing Over from choir my freshman year. After a few minutes, I look over and there is a couple standing there watching me. Yep. No idea where they came from and they were about 3 feet away from me. The guy just kind of stared at me with the weirdest face the whole time until I left, which wasn't much later. When I got home, I took a hot shower and put on sweats. See I am taking care of myself, mom :)

During that whole afternoon though, I realized that I have so much to be grateful for. I have a wonderful family who are so supportive and loving. I have fabulous friends that have open doors whenever I need to talk. Great roommates that I often find in my bed;). I go to a great university and I am learning so much from the classes I get to attend. I have the gospel in my life which is such a strength and guidance to me. I have the opportunity to live in this dispensation with the restored church and the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Bible at my fingertips. I am blessed with talents that are my own and I am able to use them to help others. I could go on and on but those are some of the things that I am thankful for.