Change happens fast

This year I went through a great change. My whole life was flipped upside down. The change started in April when I met Abby Skidmore. We both worked at The Oakdale Diner. It was the first day the diner was open and we began to talk. She was 17 just like me and she went to South Fayette. We started to talk about prom and she told me her prom was on May 27^th. I replied by saying wow that’s my birthday, and she screamed out me too. Right then and there I knew we were going to be really good friends. By the beginning of my senior year Abby and I were best friends. But I still had “best friends” that went to school with me. I began to grow apart from them as the year progressed and by October I had all together detached myself from them. Abby was just so different and free and I had so much fun with her. My friends hated her though because she was stealing me away from them. They practically told me to choose between them and Abby. I was furious and I chose Abby because I couldn’t believe that they would do this to me.

Now sitting here today I haven’t talked to my old friends in a while and Abby and I are till best friends. I spend almost every day with her, and I love very moment of it. I learned who my real friends were. I also learned that I can get through anything. I had a huge decision to make about my life and I feel like a made the right decision. I changed so much in such a little amount of time. I’ve met so many new people and done so many new and exciting things. If it wasn’t for Abby I’d still be living my old boring life

Just stuck with my thoughts int he library...

Lately I’ve been thinking a whole lot about the possibility of earth not being the only planet with life on it. I recently heard about scientists finding a 10^th planet that had water on it. That means that maybe just maybe it could hold organisms. If you think about it we are getting closer and closer to finding a planet that is just like ours. If this tenth planet has water on it, then the 20^th planet might be just like earth. There could quite possibly be other things in the universe just like us. I imagine that they would look like crazy aliens or weird humans. I spend all day thinking about this theory. It’s such a complex concept.

Another concept that I think a lot about is where are we from? What is a human and how was it first created. This whole earth is so complex. Each and every living thing on this earth has its own structure and make up. It’s crazy to think that just one “man” created it all. How could just one person created billions of different things in just a few days. The idea of God is a little far fetched for me to handle. I know that its “bad” not to believe in God, but I just see things a different way and it’s too hard for me to just believe. At least I’m thinking about this and not just believing in God so I don’t go to hell. I feel like that the biggest cop out. Just believing in God because someone told you he is real is like a fairy tale. Your parents told you the tooth fairy is real too. Scientists have the perfect theory of evolution. It make perfectly good sense, but a lot of people are too proud to believe it. I feel like God is just like Santa. Practically every culture has their own “god” and their own Santa. How come Santa is so unbelievable when really it’s a lot more believable than god. Santa flies around in a sleigh and delivers presents to all the boys and girls, but God created everything. Light and dark, the fish in the sea, the trees and flowers, and us. I feel like God is used like a security blanket for people who can’t handle thinking about humans evolving and being created in the circle of life. I’m sorry if I have offended anyone, but I just want you to take a chance and think about it.

The Begining

My best friend Abby Skidmore and I were driving along a secluded road somewhere in McDonald with all the windows down and the sun roof was open. The music was playing just loud enough to hear Nate Paulson rapping our favorite song. It was about 2 am and it was the first time I had ever snuck out. The sky was full of silver beaming stars and there was a nice breeze. We were looking for a good road to drive on. Finally we found an unpaved road and we took it. We were being tossed around in our seats from the pumps and holes in the road. We could tell that we were getting closer to a farm because of the smell. I can remember how we were laughing so hard because the smell was horrible. It smelt like straight up dirty cow and old hay. Finally we parked, turned the music up and looked out the sun roof. As wiz rapped about hoes and weed we stared out at God’s gift. We began to talk about how somewhere in the universe there is another planet just like ours. It was the deepest conversation I had ever had with someone. Now looking back I didn’t even appreciate that conversation that much, but now after much “practice” I see the world just as she does. Little did I know that, late night drive would change me forever. The breeze in fact would be what changed me for the better.

Mitzy

When I was about 6 my family bought a dog. We drove out to a farm in our maroon station wagon and picked her up. She was just a mut but she was pretty. I remember being in the car thinking of names for our new dog, but of course I couldn’t think of anything that was great for her. Finally my mom came up with Mitzy. She was such a mitzy. She was just happy and nice, but unfortunately I was 6 and I was always bothering her so we didn’t have the best relationship. But she still loved me and I loved her. I grew up with her and two years ago our time together was cut short. Mitzy began to change. She was having problems. She could hardly hold her bladder, and she was drinking a ton of water. We were worried so we took her to the vet. We went into the room and told the vet about our problems. She gave us a few possibilities of her sickness. One thing she said was diabetes. When she said that my mom started crying. I wasn’t exactly sure what that entailed so I wasn’t very upset yet. She was correct. Mitzy had diabetes and we had to make a hard decision. If we were to treat her diabetes we would have to test her blood and give her shots every day. I couldn’t imagine hurting her like that on a daily basis. Pricking her with needles and seeing her sick was something I couldn’t handle. So we took her home and made the decision to put her down. It was devastating. She was our first family dog and we loved her so much. That day I sat at home with her and cried all day. It was so sad. Today thinking about it I’m pretty upset, but now I have a new dog and I love her so much. Her name is Beatrice or Bea for short and she is literally the love of my life. She is a beautiful English springer spaniel that is full of energy and just loves to be loved. I know everyone thinks their dog is the prettiest, but seriously she is the prettiest dog I’ve ever seen. She jumps into my bed every morning to wake me up then we cuddle. It was sad to see Mitzy go, but we we’re blessed with a new dog that my family loves.

Life is so good right now

Life is good for me right now, but there’s too many people wasting their lives. Everybody dies but not everybody lives. There are too many people just sitting at home watching TV. That doesn’t even sound fun at all. I’d rather be doing new things and going to new places. There’s so much more in the world than a lot of people know. Not even the world though; there’s more in a lot of people’s towns than they even know.

There are a lot of people who do “fun” things, but they don’t even know what fun is. Going to the mall and walking around every Friday night is not fun. People should be more spontaneous and do crazy fun things. Instead of going to the mall go downtown and just look at stuff. Just drive around and look at stuff and I guarantee you’ll have fun. Don’t have any regrets just go crazy and have fun cause it’s harder to have fun when you’re grown up. Don’t let life pass you by.  

How does life "stack up"

The cup stacking activity that we did symbolizes the ups and downs of life. You stack your life up and it may get torn down just like the cups. The ups and downs of your life define who you are. The decsions you make within events of your life can either make or break you like a cup stackers speed and agility can make them a star. You just have to roll with the punches. Things are going to get in your way and set you back, but you can't let it go to your head. Even though the groups were set back by the styrofoam cups we worked it out and did the best we could. Don't let the "styrofoam cups" of life bring you down just do your best and go with the flow.