Aunty Life

Life as an aunt is amazing and I love it. Having a niece, nephew, or both is like having a tiny child that you and return. So far I have a niece (Ayasha 10 months) and a nephew (Ayden 1). They are amazing. With my nephew I was there at the hospital in the room when my sister gave birth. It was an amazing experience, I even cried! When I found out my sister was pregnant I wouldn't say I was happy but when he was born I was overly happy. Every time he was around I always had him and no I did not share! As he got bigger and started to walk he got into everything. He would be babbling and I would engage in conversation like I knew what he was saying. Now he's almost two and runs the whole house, lol. Ayasha at first it took some time to get used to a new baby when Ayden was still a baby himself, now she's starting to walk and and get inti everything just like her brother. I can already tell that she will definitely have a strong personality and she likes to hit. I never knew how hard babies could slap people until she hit me in that face, lol. I love my niece and nephew so much. I can't wait till they get older so they can have days with YaYa (me). I can day that I wouldn't trade being an aunt for anything. I loves those babies. 

Ayden's Takeover

     

This blog is a lotta bit late but I'm gonna do it anyway. So This week was pretty good, boring pretty much. Woke up went to school and back home the whole week. Since I don't have any classes on Friday's my mom and I decided that we were gonna keep my nephew. That boy is a hand full he will wreak your house if you let him. So on Thursday his mother dropped him off to us and he began his reign of terror. He played himself silly and didn't want to watch anything other than Umi Zoomi and Bubble Guppies. At the moment his favorite show is Umi Zoomi. and he will scream 'Super Shapes' to the top of his lungs. My nephew is a busy body but I love him. This particular night he had a late nap and decided that he was not going to sleep until two in the morning, and when he finally did go to sleep he still terrorized me, lol. Now I only have a twin bed and there's pretty much only enough space for me so that should hint a little to how the night went. At one point in the night he kicked me in the throat. Safe to say I almost died. Now that he has pretty much take over my bed and my pillow I am laying on a teddy bear. I sit my head up for one second and the child has my bear/pillow (as seen in the picture above). Me being the AMAZING aunt I am let him have it and go back to sleep with no pillow. All in all he is Amazing and I love him even if he does still my pillows. 

Sister, Sister, Sister

I Love being a sister but gosh I want to hurt them sometimes. I am the second oldest of three girls. LaKiah (24), LaNiya (me19), and NaKiyah (16). Now don't get me wrong being the middle child sucks sometimes but it also has its advantages. I like the fact that I can identify with both me sister and that they both can talk to me in confidence. I have to say that we have a close relationship in my opinion. Although we are close and I love them both dearly they get on my ever loving nerves. LaKiah, she is loud and talks way to much for my liking, and then she like to get mad at me because I'm mad at her because she made me mad. Like what kind of sense does that make. NaKiyah, goodness that child has an attitude problem and bet nobody say anything to her cause she will go off on you. So if I'm mad I will stay away from her cause we will end up arguing. We've has many ups and downs but at the end of the day we will have each other's backs. Unlike LaKiah I would not trade them form anything, lol (on Facebook she said she would trade

 me for a million dollars jokingly of course).

Getting a Life

 

So I feel like I have no life and I feel like I need to get one. I have made a pact with myself that I will get out more and make more friends and go out and have fun. I have always had a small struggle with having a life. Don't get me wrong I have a few close friends, but we don't talk everyday and we don't hang out all the time. I want to go out and have fun and party without a care like normal young adults. The fact that I have friends does not mean that I have a life. I sit in the house and go home that is it and that is all. 

    My problem is that I have a problem with my social meter. I like to be around people and socialize but when I get tired of people I get angry and I want to be left alone, and that is my problem. I dislike people a lot and they annoy me ninety percent of the time. So in order for my to have a life I have to work within my self and stop my strong dislike towards the human race.  

Documentary Project: Cartel Land; Guided Refection Questions

  1. Was there a specific scene that got to you? Describe and explain how it moved you (Angry? Curious? Delighted? Motivated?). Give a lot of detail, and really dive in to how it affected you. Don’t hold back.

    -A specific scene that got to me was that there was a man lying dead in the street. There was blood everywhere and people were just standing around. This made me very upset, seeing that people could be so ruthless. There were a few concerned/sad people but it seemed as if people did not care. Seeing that type of scene made my mind roll, seeing that didn't sit right in my heart. It felt like the people who killed and stood around this mans body had no respect for him. I don't care about who did what no one should be treated in such a way. I felt kind of sick seeing how people could have no regard for another persons life. They had no problem shooting that man killing him, did they even think about who could have been waiting for him to return home. No one should have the power to take someone's life without being threatened with their life. I just can't there was so much unnecessary violence. This documentary really opened my eyes to the amount of chaos going on in Mexico.  

2. What surprised you? Why do you think it caught you off guard?

    -What I was very surprised by was how insensitive and unapologetic the cartel crews were, and how eventually the vigilantes went dark. What also shocked me was that not everyone is not who they say they are. Towards the end of the movie the leader of the vigilante group was kicked out. I learned that he was cheating on his wife and that he didn't live by what he preached. Hearing and seeing this information made me think did he really care about the people or did he just want power. Watching this made me realize that no matter what there will always be bad people in the world. 

3. What questions remain after the viewing? What feelings stayed with you after the film? Did they “pop up” in your life in unexpected ways? When? How? What was that like?

    -The only feeling that I had after watching this movie was sadness. I have always been a sensitive person and I saw how the cartels did not care who they came after. I didn't like the fact that the cartel crews, even the vigilantes went after innocent people. I feel like people want to help to make the world a better place but should not put themselves and their families in dangerous situations to do so. Think about it if people didn't want drugs there wouldn't be any cartels, however that isn't the case. 

4. Why might we avoid including research in our summaries? What could go wrong?

    -We might not include research in our summaries because it gives information that is not necessarily included in the documentary. Including research in a summary can possibly create a bias about the subject.