Confession and the loss of fingernails

I would like to apologize to all of my faithful readers. The millions of you out there who's definition of a complete day hinges solely upon the reading of my blog. I'm sorry that I havent posted in a few days I have had a lot of things going on and unfortunately this was pushed to the back burner. But now to the good news! I am back. How do you like me now? Okay, onto something more important. I went to confession today, and while waiting in line I noticed I was nervous. I dont know what specifically was making me nervous, or what I was worried about but I was honestly nervous. I have been to confession many times before, so it was not something along the lines of not knowing what was going to happen when I got in there, or worrying about saying my act of contrition right. I added the fingernails thing in there becuase I unfortunatley have the disgusting habit of gnawing my fingers down to the second knuckle when nervous, well actually I kinda do it whenever it seems like the thing to do at the time. Back to the topic at hand (no pun intended). After noticing what I was feeling I started to try and think back to my last confession and see if I could remeber being nervous. The more I thought about it I realized that I actually get nervous before confession everytime I go. What am I nervous about? Is it the fact that in a few seconds im going to be telling my sins to another man? No, because I know when confessing im not talking to another man im talking to Christ truly present throught the Priest. Is it becuase im affraid of what the Priest will say? No because I know he is there to help me and isnt going to reach through the divider and shake me around for my sins. I wonder what scares me. I wonder if it has something to do with the connection of verbalizing your sins and the realization of God's mercy and seeing how much he loves us. I dont know. I was wondering if this happens to anyone else. If it does, what do you think scares you? What do you think is the nerve racking thing is that gets us? Let me know. Im very curious. Also please keep my father in your prayers as he is getting confirmed tonight and receiving his first Holy Communion. Just ask Christ to help him see all of the wonderful gifts he is receiving tonight. I thank you for your prayers...