Candidate Journals

1/14/23 Sunday:  Another busy day of planning to get requirements done.  Have to get done early today to participate in performance band concert.   

1/13/24:  Saturday:  Did the mile run for pretest.  Did a whole day of sparring and class at Harrisburg. Mentored another student. Had a leadership class. 

1/12/24: Friday School was easy but boring today. Completed requirements after school .  Attended Black Belt Class and volunteered to assist with Ninja night. 

1/11/24:  School was really good today.  It flew by fasth and I had very little homework.  I was so happy because usually I have so much homework it stresses me out.   After school went to KT Harrisburg and assisted with some classes, had a mentoring session with Instructor Connor, and did one of my weekly classes.  AFterward, dinner with my mom and home to relax. I felt pretty accomplished today

1/10/24: Overall today was pretty boring, but there was a lot of stuff to accomplish.  I had a lot of chemistry homework that has confused me for days, but I think I finally got it.  I got in my run and physical requirements.   No class today as I had performance band prepaing for a concert Sunday.  More homework after band.  Ended the night with 48 minutes of poomsae and self defense.  Overall an average day. Hopefully tomorrow will be even better! 

1/9/24: Everyone was out of school today except me :(  My school was in session even though lots of folks did not show up.  Talked to some friends and completed homework.  Worked out for completion of my daily requirements. Beginning to make a calendar for the week as it is going to get busier and lots to get accomplished.  Cooked a great spaghetti dinner for my mom.   Spent some quality time with mom and watched a movie after dinner.

1/8/24:   I went to school  today and surprisingly, enjoyed my english class which is quite unusual. I was the first to complete my required chemistry assignment, but then i found out homework was added :(  After getting home, I did my mile run, ate dinner, and went to Monday night class at King Tinger. I really enjoyed the sparring tonight, it was fun. I got home and finished up homework.  I talked to my friend until he had to go and then started preparing for my day tomorrow.

Sunday 1/7/24   I woke up around noon. My mom and I went to the grocery to get some things for our new "healthier diet plan".  Hopefully this new diet will help me improve my health for the Black Belt cycle. I came home and met all my requirements, but today my run was slower.  Most likely due to how sore all my muscles are after the pretest and classes yesterday.  I am hopefully going to be able to get in some leisure time before returning to school tomorrow.  Mondays are never that exciting, but I have a good feeling about tomorrow. 

Late entry: Just got website access.   

Journal Entry Sat, Jan. 6 

I was very stressed out this moring repeatedly practicing my forms but still feeling shaky and like I would not perform at my best. I go thru Pre-testing and I did not do as well as I had hoped.  The physical portion,however, went about as expected.   I then went back to KT Harrisburg and did classes and leadership. I finally got home and still had to complete my "run" for the day.  My time was actually one of best ever for a mile run. I ended the night out with some TV, a good dinner, and downtime.