19 things I have done

Well for those of you who know me you know that I have a birthday coming up, for the ones who don't, my birthday is this Saturday! I will be 20 years of age, and I have to admit I am not so thrilled about it. See being 20 means never being able to call my self a teenager anymore, I actually have to be accountable for my actions. I do not like the fact that I am having to grow up, in a way I think it is because I am a little scared. See I cried when I turned 13, because I was growing up, and now reality has once again slapped me in the face. I know what I want to do, I have my dreams and goals all set out, but does being so prepared automatically mean you will succeed. I know I am a strong person, I have been through things many people will never understand, and I am who I am because of them. I also know that a good head, and determination won't guarantee you a successful lifetime. So to keep my self grounded I decided to make a list of 19 things I have done during the 19 years I have been alive. So here it goes.

1. Survived a hurricane, tornado, snow storm, and a earthquake.

2. Lost my best friend, and a love of my life! RIP Brandon

3. Felt the pain of discrimination and became stronger

4. Learned what it was like to follow God

5. Watched my parents go through everything bad, to give us everything good

6. Learned how to become a true friend

7. Learned what it was like to have true friends

8. Experienced the pride in becoming an aunt

9. Learned how to make my dreams a reality

10. Felt what is was like to be loved

11. Felt what is was like to be hated

12. I can solve any problem thrown my way

13. There is no greater joy than making my parents proud

14. I am worth more than I could ever imagine

15. Never judge a book by its cover

16. Everything looks worse before it gets better

17. No one can bring me down, I will always bounce back

18. Be proud of where you came from, never hide who you are

19. Never look for love, because it will always find you

I challenge everyone who decides to read this, make a list of the things you have done in your lifetime. I promise you when you are through and read it back to yourself, you will see you are an awesome individual, who deserve everything good the world has to offer. Thank you for reading, and would love to hear your comments

With peace and love,
Skylar

What a long week it has been

So this week has been pretty long, at least to me. It has been feeling like Friday since Wednesday, and now that it is Friday I am sick in bed! I hate when things like this happen to me. Well besides the fact that my Friday sucks this past week has been pretty amazing. Take last night for instance, I got to watch John Mulaney perform, things don't get much better than that. You see I am on the Comedy Committee here at school, and because of that I get to meet many famous comedians and other acts. John Mulaney was special though, you see he has my dream job ( Writer for Saturday Night Live) and I hate him for it. Although he remembered my name and took pictures with me, I hope we meet again in the near future! Well even though my mourning has been pretty lame today is my Dad's birthday. Even though he is 7 hours away I still got him a little something. Before I explain what it is you must know that I love to make my parents cry. So for my dads 39th birthday I blew up a picture of us when I was younger and made him a very beautiful poem. The picture is of my dad holding my on his lap and me crying. We were at a cheer competition and I had messed up my routine and I ran off stage crying and only wanted my daddy, so he took to back to the stands and just held me. I would like everyone to know that now I am crying thinking of this special moment in my life, so I know for a fact my parents will be hysterical. So HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!
Well I have some pretty big plans for this weekend and need a little advice, Saturday I am attending a Cowboys and Indians party and I don't know which to go as. Does anyone have any ideas???
Also on Saturday I am going to Devils Den with some friends and I am pretty excited about it, I have been wanting to go since freshman year, and now I finally get to. Well I think that is about all I have left in me, the bed is calling my name.
Until next time,
With peace and love,
Skylar

TO DO LIST

So finally the weather is awesome, no more snow, just shorts, flip-flops and a smile.. I don't know what it is about spring that puts me in such a good mood, but I love it. So at lunch today I sat not with my usual group, but an awesome group of girls who I have become very close with. So there was four of us and we decided to get a booth beside a window so that we could see outside. This is where our "Game" started, and where I advise everyone and their friends to play this so called game. Have you ever just stared at someone and wondered about their life, like where they are from, or if they are having bad day. Well that's basically our game, we watched people walk back and forth all during lunch and we made up their lives. We saw boys talking to girls, girls on the phone, girls talking to girls, and boys talking to boys. While in the midst of this amazing and hilarious game, we noticed this girl, just sitting on the half sized wall. We wondered what she was doing, she had her black sunglasses on, awesome sandals, and hair in a side pony, we could tell on the spot this girl was waiting on someone. She waited and waited and waited some more, I felt bad for her she sat their for 30 minutes, just looking all around her, fidgeting with her shoes, and boiling. When finally across the street we notice a guy walking rather fast, and we knew she was waiting on him. Sure enough he walks up to her and she stands up and walks away from him. Now we were happy she did this, I mean this guy had her waiting for 30 minutes, but my deal was why didn't you leave sooner. I would never sit and wait for 30 minutes for a guy, she should have been tough enough to just walk away. You can learn a lot about a person by their actions, and yes we are aware it was creepy of us to watch for that long, but amusing, and lets be real everyone at least once in their life has creeped on another, so don't judge us.
So that was today's story, and now I want to ask some questions I learned in my ethics class last night. So we were determining if we were ethical or not by these questions. I will list the questions and you guys can answer!

1. So you are in a cave with a tour group and the only way out was through this hole, Your tour guy who is a heaver set man goes first but gets stuck, at this point the cave starts to collapse and the only thing you can do is blow him up with dynamite, where he will die but everyone in the cave lives, or you can all die together. What would you choose??

2. You are in the ER and there are 5 people who have cancer and these 5 people need new organs quick, a healty man walks in and you think to yourself we can kill him and take his organs in order to save these 5 people. Would you do it??

P.S. Remember you cant ask questions just answer the questions as written. Also in the ER story try to think of it as those are the only people in the world.
Have fun reading and answering

With love and happiness, Skylar

Off the Wall!

Hey there everyone. So its been awhile I know, and while some hope I will never write again it doesn't stop me. So Valentines Day was yesterday, and I received the sweetest letter from my Dad, and the nicest message from my brother, both of which made me cry. See I really hate Valentines Day, and no it isn't because I don't have someone to spend it with, but because I don't understand why girls and guys become so Goo-Goo over it. What I don't get is why only one day a year is a significant amount of love for one relationship. Please readers enlighten me on why you love or hate Valentines Day. Maybe I am coming from the wrong side of things so I would really like hear the opinions of others on the matter.
On a more serious matter, Egypt. So I have become interested in the happenings there, and have a few opinions. For one I am so pleased that the people of Egypt were able to get what they wanted, it goes to show how when working as a whole your voice, your strength, and your resistance grows. What I hated to see more than anything was our President backing the statements of Mubarak; I understand that Egypt is our ally and we need all the allies we can get, but supporting the views of a President who goes against every law that has been enacted is to me the wrong way. The people of Egypt were looking to America for help and guidance and the speaker of America ignored their wishes. I feel that if Obama was looking to keep an ally he should have been looking at the bigger picture, he new Mubarak would not be in power much longer and that someone new and someone the people wanted would come into power. Now the Egyptians might feel like that one time we were not behind them and their rights so now they wont be behind us. Now I am not the President or in government, but as a person, someone who could easily be in the same positions as those in Egypt, that would be how I would see things. By now President Obama may already be helping their government flourish and I hope that he is, I trust that he will make the right decisions, but I would love for those decisions not to backfire.
So a weird mix of topics today I understand, but my mind is often rambling from topic to topic. I hope to have some interesting and relatable topics for you guys soon. I want to stick with this blogging thing, it really helps me unwind. Well until then.
With love and respect
Skylar!