Today was Orientation for Nursing School

7:15 a.m. Alarm goes off... I'm not used to waking up this early... hit snooze a couple times 7:30 Drag myself out of bed with my eyes half open, go to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth 7:45 Carefully put on clothes that I laid out the night before... I haven't laid out clothes like this since the first day of high school... 7:47 desperately looking for the pink flower to match my pink shirt 7:48 found it! 7:49 run downstairs to grab something to eat, but then quickly turn around and head back upstairs when I realize I don't have enough time. 7:50 flipping out my hair with a curling iron, my hand is shaking. Why is my hand shaking? Why am I so nervous? 7:56 take the pink flower off your shirt, you look like you're trying too hard to be cute 7:56 Spray Cherry Blossom perfume. Oh NO! I spilled some on my shirt. What do I do? What do I do? Take off shirt and wash off spots in bathroom sink. Run downstairs and throw it in the dryer. 8:05 I'm supposed to be out the house soon and my shirt is still wet! And, I'm missing something... what am I missing? What did I forget to do? 8:12 Grab my shirt from the dryer and put it back on. Wait, it's a little wrinkled. Iron it and then put it back on. 8: 18 I decide to keep the flower on. But why do I still feel like I'm missing something? 8:25 Final touches. Hair in place? CHECK. Outfit look nice? CHECK. All the medical forms required for orientation? CHECK. Did I pull the iron out of the priza? CHECK. Phone? Wallet? ID? CHECK, CHECK, CHECK. SO WHAT IN THE WORLD AM I LACKING?????

I didn't realize it until I was in my car on the way to school. I realized what was missing. I didn't have fellowship with God this morning. My HOLY and PRECIOUS God. That is why even though my mind was filled with so many things, I felt partially empty because I was not fed by the Word. I felt so ungrateful! The Lord is the One that gave me a way into Nursing School - all praise be to Him- and I couldn't even find time for Him today, on this momentous occasion.

You can bet I'm going to have an awesome QT tonight :)