Temple Trips

I don't know that I'll ever really get used to going to the temple out here. I grew up in Utah, where the Latter Day Saint religion is dominant. I would go to the temple, be ushered to a locker and go to a full chapel and wait for a session. If I decide to go to the temple alone out here, I don't know if there will even be a session. If I go with Will, we are most likely the witness couple, in a very small session. We went a couple weeks ago, on a Saturday. It was the first time we'd been and we weren't the witness couple. There were actually more than 5 people in the session. However, I still wasn't ushered to a locker, in a very organized fashion. I picked my own locker, at random. Which meant, I had to wait for 3 people to get changed before I could change when we were done. It really is down to a science in Utah. We also have to really plan our time, as the temple is an hour away. I realize that is still fairly close to many other people that live outside of Utah. But again, I grew up with my choice of temples, all within 20-30 minutes from my house. It took up our whole afternoon to attend the temple the other week. And I also need to be better about going more than once or twice a year. The things we have to change our focus on, when it's not so readily accessible as we are used to.