First time playing with an IR sensor.

Ampix0:
Well Im pretty much attacking this kit I bought lol. I am kind of just plugging things in and hoping it does something honestly. I just shoved a IR sensor (VS1838B) on my board ran the 5v line to it and a 220 ohm resistor (only because I saw someone use that for an LED on a tutorial lol. No clue what I am really doing).

Unless you want to spend a lot of extra time, a non-trivial amount of money replacing broken parts, and occasionally cause avoidable personal danger to yourself; this is a habit you need to break (at least while working with electronics). Seriously, you should have a basic understanding of how a part functions and what it's rated for both normal operation and the worst conditions it can withstand. The ratings are found in the part's datasheets, sometimes along with additional useful information.

Where did you buy this kit? Depending on who sold it to you, they might have datasheets for all the sensors. If not try doing a Google search for the part's datasheets.