Keep It Sybil

This holiday has been a very good one. I had a very good time hanging out with my cousins and other family members this weekend. I truly love my family and enjoy them more now that I am older. We had tons of fun and hung out a bunch. This was terrific. It has also been a weird time for me as I have come to realize a few things about myself and life in general. First thing I realized about myself is that guys find me attractive. For years I have had a complex about whether or not people found me attractive. This holiday has shown me that I am considered attractive and the only thing keeping me from dating and being in a relationship is me. Well, that is one of the things because the other thing is the fact that there is a guy that I really like and he and I have unfinished business. We have so much history and we have a good time together. I know that we will have a great relationship if he could bring himself to get beyond his fear and look at the possibilities of having a gre...

Alright I have come to a conclusion about men. They are all a little crazy! I don't mean that in a bad way because I think that men are great creatures, what I mean is that when left to their own devices they will miss out on the good parts of life. I am by no means saying that I am the greatest woman out there. What I am saying is that when I am by a man's side they will definitely have someone to lean on and the support they need to accomplish all of the things in life they may have felt was unreachable. Things brings me to my friend. Without telling the whole story almost 20 years ago, I was still a teenager and he was in his early 20's and he didn't waste anytime with telling me how he felt, initially. He told me how he wanted to be with me and that he would take care of me and all of those sweet and nice things. Well, after a few months I decided to spend time with him. He and I had so many things in common. We had a very good time together for the next tw...

What makes life an adventure? Do you have to make an attempt to climb the highest mountain? Do you have to go deep sea diving? Maybe, if you go for a leisurely 150 mph drive on the Autobahn? I guess for some people, these things make their lives adventurous but for me they are less death-defying. I lead a drama free life so an adventure for me is doing a little more than going to the grocery store. I decided that this would be the year that I go places I haven't been before and try things I haven't tried before. I have been sticking to this new found outlook on my life. It started with the fact that I live in a city that is full of culture and I have yet to take full advantage of my surroundings. The first new thing I did was get involved in Charleston's food week. I went to J. Paulz and had a dish I had never tasted and it was good and I enjoyed myself. I did this with one of my cousins. Before I decided to try new things, I would have stayed home because that i...

My pastor has preached the sermon before about having to be wolf proof. This means that you must stay prayed up and beware of the bad people that are masquerading as a sheep. Over the years I have come in to contact with several people that would appear to be sheep. That is until you turn around for a second and they are creeping up behind you trying to grab you by the neck before you realize what happens. It seems to me that I have once again been duped by a wolf or more accurately, a jerk in nice guy clothing. No I don't want to give anyone the wrong impression here. This has not happened to me a lot this would be the third time but the pain that results is always the same. I treat others in the way I expect to be treated and because I know my worth that means that if someone has the good fortune of being involved with me that they will definitely be treated well. The problem with jerks is that they can sense these things and know exactly how to act and what to do to get into an...