September 30 - Entry # 45 Had an okay day at school. Worked on some requirements after. Went to taekwondo and worked on self defenses. After class, I came home and had dinner, finished requirements, then got ready for bed. Off day tomorrow, so thats nice.
Today was a normal day pretty much. I went to school and in math we just learned about polynomials or something and then after than i had seminar and our teacher did a presentation about AI and when to use it and when not to and after that we basically had a free period and then went to lunch and there were some seniors that were there which was fun. after that in english we wrote poems and i think mine was pretty good and then after that i had history and we played the board games we made last week and did a worksheet after. After school i went for my physical test run and i got 8:41 which was 8 seconds off my pre test time which isnt bad considering my knee hurts. i just did homework and stuff after that and i had violin class and we just...
I gotta get to bed. So, I'm gonna make this quick. I had school and a soccer game. We lost but our effort wasn't very good so I'm not proud of the game. I could go into a lot more detail, but I just don't have time right now. I came home and did my homework then I just hung around because I was very tired from the day.
Today was fun! I went to a black belt class where we worked on some self-defense is that we need to tune up and Some forms. After I got home, I did all my Now I’m going to sleep
Today was a pretty good day I had a test at school I pretty good on that then I went home for a bit after that I went to tkd.
Today I had a really hard therapy session and my back is hurting again. Looking forward to feast tomorrow.
Since the weekend, I really just sat around read a few books and watch a lot of sports. I really have been trying to take it easy so that my strain can’t recover as of right now. I don’t know if it will be better for the kick o thon, But we will see as we get closer. Tonight, I did go help with class, but I really just stood there and assisted the one thing I need to do this week for sure is go get my tree, but it’s just hard to walk a lot in public.
Today was good. I went to school, after school my grandpa took me to taekwondo. For a black belt class, and a blue and green belt class. I got a mentor session, Saturday week day class, mentee session, and a leadership credit. After class my grandpa took me to Wendy’s for dinner, then I went home and went to bed.
Nothing much happened in my school day, but there was a little bout between two students. I helped out in a class before mine. After class I had some fun with my friends. I went home and ate, finished my last essay. Homework, and done.
Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. Then I came back ate a snack and did my homework. After that I went to taekwondo and helped out with a class. Finally I watched tv and ate dinner
Today was okay so first at school some kids were yelling at me for no reson, Later after school I went to taekwondo and helped out plus I worked on high white and bocho belt self defence which was okay or so. After that I went to my dads house and took a shower, I am about to go to my moms house so yeah by yall.
last day of september, pretty cool. nothing crazy happened today although tomorrow i will finish all of my requirements for this cycle.
Firmly in review mode and going over all poomsae, weapons forms, self-defense, hapkido, etc. I feel pretty good mentally.
Today I did a 3:45 Amazom shift, again I was sent to the far reaches of the earth, but made it home before work started. I will get some requirements done during lunch today, and also go to the gym. I am concentrating on kicks this week.
September 29 - Entry # 44 Had a math test at school today. It was pretty easy. We got to watch The Croods in social studies, because we're learning about prehistoric eras. We're going to have a test on it also. After school I went to my great grandparents house and did some requirements. Went to red belt class and worked on self defenses and finalizing our technique. After class I went home and had dinner, finished my requirements, then got ready for bed.
Today I didn't really do much because it was raining outside. I had school so I couldn't really do anything in the first place. During school, I had a long math test, but I was able to finish it before the period ended. Some of my classmates had to finish it after the period ended and they were late for their next block. Luckily, our teacher came into the classrooms and told why they were late. Tomorrow I have a physics quiz, but I studied so I'm not really worried about it. After school ended, I had soccer practice where today we just watched film. My team has a big game tomorrow, so we have to really be on point. But anyways, I'm gonna get some rest before tomorrow.
I haven’t journaled in a few days but I had a sleepover on Saturday after the testing and we went to a trampoline park and went to church yesterday and I went to youth group. Today I went to school and that was boring and I am in pain so I hope the pain goes away but that’s all. Goodnight.
I practice my sax every other day. And I think I've been getting pretty good at it. There was just one problem about it, it's kind of broken. What I mean is that when I press a certain note, instead of the button I press coming up like it's supposed to. It stays pressed, which makes me have to pull it up manually. This is annoying because I can't transition into different notes well since the key that I press changes the notes I play into high/low notes. So it's been struggling to play some songs since that one problem, but I've still been doing pretty well!
Today was a normal day. first I woke up and went to school. Then I came back ate a snack and did my homework. After that I went to taekwondo took a class and got a mentor session in with Master Foster. Finally I ate dinner and finished my homework
Today at school we had pickleball which I thought would be fun but turned out to be a total disaster, kids were spiking the ball as hard as they could and it was completely disorganized and that’s the only substantial part of the day.
Today was pretty okay. I had band practice and we finally got to start playing our instruments. Lealta my house is still in first place by 200 points. The chipotle I had for dinner was really good.
Today was okay so I paid for a frog disection, later I went to my dads house and I went to go do my requirements and run a mile. so that is it well right now I just got to my moms house about to sleep night yall.
Today I woke up depressed because my football team lost again. I did a 3:15am Amazon shift that took me to the far reaches of the earth, i.e. Monroe, and came home and started working my regular job. I am about to start on my requirements during lunch break, and then get back to work. I am really glad I have completed all of my essays and the testing htis past weekend. It feels like a huge weight has been lifted. Now I can concentrate on my hurricaine hook kicks.
Today I will be helping out in the lower belt class. I hope can do a rolls and falls and a mentee and mentor session. My favorite color belt I like to help out with are the yellow belts.
I went for a run today with my Dad. Two more weeks. I will keep pushing until the day of the testing.
September 28 - Entry # 43 Got to sleep in this morning, so that was nice. When I did finally wake up, I played some video games with my friend. Worked on requirements. Played more video games. Just had a chill, relaxing day. Still pretty wore out from testing yesterday. Back at it again tomorrow.
Today I worked on hanging out with my great grandma Mamaw it was very fun we went to cowfish and I got to go to the Lego store and saw something cool it was the avengers tower it had like 25 marvel characters and I want to build it soon
I'm so exhausted from the physical test yesterday but I'm super excited I got a 99 on the written exam!! Today we watched the Panthers and they were awful! Then we went to the Smiths for dinner. Goodnight!
I was so happy to not have to wake up early for a taekwondo class and i got to sleep in. After I woke up, I hung out with my friends and after that did all my requirements. now I'm going to sleep.
Today we slept in and then watched the Panthers lose and I had some moms over tonight to learn to crochet which was really fun!
I'm anxious to get to testing, but grateful for the extra week between the end of the cycle and test night. I'm sure we can all use some tightening up on technique. I hope everyone takes advantage of that week and keeps testing. The better we know the material, the sooner we'll get to bed on test night. Good luck everyone
I think i forgot to do my journals for a couple of days. Anyways today was pretty good I just did requirements and went to orchestra. rehersal was pretty good, i missed last week so I wasn't able to keep up on one of the pieces they did last week but im getting the hang of the other ones. After I came home I played volleyball with my friends and then I came home and showered and ate dinner and thats it.
Today was a normal day. First I woke up and had math class. Then I watched tv and read a book for sometime. After that I ate lunch called my friends and went to play volleyball with my friends. Finally I ate dinner and watched tv.
I got my hair done. that took way too long. I also ran my 2 miles today and I got a better time. I was pretty proud about that. I also got my shrub yesterday, its going really well.
Today was pretty chil and stuff like I went to the stanly park and ran a half mile before stoping to look at turtle then I started running again.Later I went to my dads house and chilled there for an hour then I went to my moms house played with my friend and I am getting ready for bed now bye yall.
Today was pretty eventful. I slept in a little bit, and I also went for my physical test run. I shaved off 4 minutes so I'm happy about that. Then, during the afternoon, I worked on homework and watched some NASCAR. My favorite driver won and also one of my favorite football teams one today as well. So overall I'm pretty happy this afternoon. Now I'm gonna hangout for a little bit before I have to go to bed.
Today was a pretty chill day for me, I went on a 3 and half mile walk with my grandma then I went back to watch the bills game and they won which I am very happy about.
Today was a little rough for the beginning because I woke up at 5 and thought we had to leave at 545 to go to the track and I had a bad time waiting to go there like I had that nervous breakdown like I had to cry to feel better before the physical exam and the written exam that’s really it the rest of the day I worked on the rest of my eassys
congrats to everyone on the pre test today. this is also my final journal but ill probably write one more tomorrow for fun.
Yesterday, I went to office hours for a coding assignment that was a struggle to figure out in Computational Physics. The professor who teaches this class also taught my first-year course last year. He took a quick look at it and managed to figure out what was wrong, not because of any formula that I had that was off, but because of a simple logic error that I just didn't catch. That particular logic error didn't require much expertise to see it, but with such a lot of code, it is hard to pick everything apart individually. Between this and in my comp sci classes at UNCC, I've found that sometimes one needs another set of eyes to look at one's code to check for errors. In a way, the same thing goes for Taekwondo. Having trained in many different places with many different people, there are things that you'll never...
I improved all my things for the physical test and I did pretty good on the written test. I finally got a haircut today as well, I’ve been waiting for so long and it turned it out really nice. After I went to an Indian function which was chill and I still have one essay to finish and it’s the book essay so I have to lock in for that.
I’m so tiered I had to wake up at five to go to the physical test which made me more tiered. Then after that I came home and did the stuff we did not do at the test. Now I am about to go to sleep
Today was the physical and written test. When we started I was nervous but I was also ready to get it over with at the same time. I beat all my numbers and timings that I got for the pretest. For the written test I passed which is really good. I am just glad its over just one more test and were done
Today we did our post-test. It went well, and I am very glad it's over. I was able to get all of my essays submitted last night, so that's also a big burden lifted. Today we went shopping for Cypresses, and found some fine specimens. I'm going to sleep well tonight.
Today we had our post test which I thought went well, I got an A on the written test and did a pretty good job on the physical stuff. After that class was fun but exhausting. Not much else notable from today.
Its nice with the written and physical test being done. I found out from Master Foster that I passed the written test so yay. Time to get ready for the overnight testing. Thank you to Master Foster, Knight, and Instructor Conner for helping me out along the way. Hope yall did well on the test.
It's been bugging me since last week about this test. Now that it's here, I just got to hope I pass. I did pass my physical test. I just hope I pass for my written. I forgot most of my terminology but the other questions I got most of. Now all I do is hope I pass. Also class after the test was packed. Everyone was in the back, and I could barely get to my spot in the middle. But at last it's over, and now I have to worry about the REAL test.
Good test day this morning. I partnered up with Scott, aka "The Nomad". Did my run afterwards and saw Jakhye at the track as well. Started off poomsae by mirroring Kwon Sol (in other words, I started on the wrong side). Master Evins just shook his head lol. I'm grateful to all the Masters and everything they do and pass down to us.
Week 12 – Transformation Look back, and see how far you have come. The cycle is ending, but your journey continues. The body is stronger, the spirit steadier, the mind clearer. This is the gift of perseverance—the transformation of the self.
Today is post test day, good luck everyone. Unfortunately, I pulled a muscle so I’m delayed a bit, but I am going to show up and take my post test and rest so I can be ready for our test next Friday.
Went to Co-op yesterday and saw my friends in Homeschool.. Then I went to a the bb class..
September 26 - Entry # 42 Had an okay day at school today. We had stuffed crust pizza for lunch, which is my favorite school lunch, so that was good. After school, I rode with my mom, dad, and sister to UNCC to pick up a motorcycle helmet. Once we got home, I worked on my essays and requirements. After that, I showered and got ready for bed. Physical & written exams in the morning. Im nervous but I think I'll do pretty well.
I am so exhausted and I worked a long long time today finishing up my essays but I got it done and now we have the physical and written test tomorrow and I think I'm ready but I'm a little nervous
Today we had school and I helped Henry finish up his essays and got them submitted. I submitted mine yesterday and I'm going to bed early because we have the physical and written test in the morning. See you guys soon!
Today was mostly normal. I had school and soccer practice. However, our coach made us run a lot more and do some strengthening. I'm a little sore so I'm hoping that I won't be that sore for tomorrow. Tonight, I studied for the written test and I'm going to study some more in the morning. Goodnight everyone and good luck!
today after black belt class we had a potluck. it was really good there was all kinds of food and i hung out with some friends. speaking of black belt i forgot to get my credits signed.. but i guess its okay as ive been have my credits done. asides from that goodluck to everyone in the morning.
Today I had a math test which I’m pretty confident I did well on, we also had a bus evacuation drill which was very boring. A friend and I made a funny discovery in band class, we weren’t hearing any other clarinets playing or melody at all, so we tested it by not playing once and there was no melody which was really funny. Aside from that not much has happened today.
My day was good as usual I woke up did my exercises and got dressed for school. After school I studied the pre written exam And I have it all memorized but i am still pretty nervous. when my dad Got home we went to a mexican place for dinner got home and good luck for Saturday guys
This is my last journal before the test. today I ran my mile so hard my stomach felt like I did 1000 sit-ups and now I'm about to study some more for the test. I hope I do well. I have been practicing hard at home, but I still need a little work on my poomse and I need a little more on my self-defense. I think I'll do the best at sparring but who knows.
Today was really stressful. First I had a spelling test at school. Then I went home and worked on a on my last essay, the Kwans. Then I ran two miles, and I studied for the written exam. Im kinda nervous for the test but honestly not that bad probably because I’ve done it before. Im not sure why but I’m nervous for the class afterwards. Anyways today was a lot of working.
It's been a quiet couple of days for doing cycle work. I've been resting and stretching a lot. I need to upload my essays and finish filling out my testing application. At this point, there is nothing I can do in order to do better tomorrow. My weather app says rain tomorrow morning, so we've got that to look forward to.
Good morning. I can't tell you how happy I am that the weekend starts tomorrow. Today I had a great amazon shift from 3:30-7am. it was in my neighborhood, so I only had a short drive home when I was finished. I will finish my essays today and do my requirements shortly when I get a break from work. I also plan on studying for the written test tomorrow.
I've been running the gauntlet this week, but it's almost done. I got a Chinese test to study for, so I'm going to be doing that for a bit. Practice is going well, and I discovered that the U of M has a Blaze Pizza on campus! I should really spend a day just touring that campus more. If I get selected at random to pick the next team dinner, you know where I'm choosing. Maybe I'll eat there at Pi Day instead of the place close by.
This evening I went to Lake Norman, for their sparring class. I got to train with different people, I saw instructor Rob, which is always fun.. It was an overall good time, I am super sore and just trying to make it to Saturday. Tomorrow I plan on going to Harrisburg to finish my last two credits I need.
Today I went to school and then after I went to help with testing. Then I ate dinner which was egg fried rice and orange chicken. Then I studied for the written test. Im not feeling so well right now but im gonna get some rest. Im kinda worried because there's supposed to be rain on saturday in the morning. But maybe we will just do what we did for the pretest. Anyways goodnight.
I realized that I had slipped into a self-pity loop with the injuries. I've been complaining about all the aches and pains. For what? It's not going to help anything. I'll modify where I can and rest when the cycle is done.
average day, went to school and when i came back home i forgot that today was testing at harrisburg (which is obviously the location i go to.) for the other belts. i decided to help out with what little time i had to get ready and it was cool. the sparring was pretty entertaining and it was cool to hold boards. but yeah that was kinda it for today.
Ran 2 miles today and went to sparring class afterwards. I was exhausted and starving when I got home!
Today was a normal day at school after that I went home and chilled for a bit then I went to tkd after that I had dinner.
Today was a long day. I had school like usual, and I also had soccer practice. After a hard practice, my dad and I headed over to the Lake Norman school for sparring class. I also got a mentee session and helped out in the 6:00 family class. Then, once I got home, I got my homework and now I'm probably gonna head to bed soon.
Today was pretty good I finally got into my house which are Le’alta my house, Wema, Andrea, and Nazaha. Lealta is winning by 200 points. we get house points for good academics.
Today I will only go over what happen at school because it was so crazy so I got dropped off at school and then I went to the gym so when they dismissed us we got up to the the 7th grade hall and they a lockdown siren started we had to sit and stay dead quiet for 2 hours straight after that they told us want happen it was a caller from New York threatening the school and then I emailed my mom to send my graps to get me home
My day was good as usual I woke up did my Exercises and got ready for school. After school I went for a two mile run on the track that we are gonna be running on Saturday my time was 26 minutes so that was good i am gonna go there again on Friday and I am exhausted Have a good night everyone.
Today was pretty chill and stuff so basically I have a grammer test tomorow and so yeah. Later I got to my dads house and I did my homework which was watering my science fair plants adn then I went to taekwondo which was super fun like I acully I got to spar. After that I went back to my dads house and I chilled there for at least an hour but thats all plus I just came home from my dads house to my moms house. So bye yall
Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. Then I came back ate a snack and did my homework. After that I went for a run did my requirements and practiced for the written test and i'm feeling pretty confident. Finally I watched tv and ate dinner
Today was busy. I'm struggling to have time to do everything i need to do lately, but I was able to get some work done on my essays, and get some requirements done. I didn't go to sparring because I have finished all of my required classes, and instead worked on my essays.
Today wasn’t very eventful aside from the fact we had some drama during recess today at school. At PE me and my friend played pickle ball and volleyball. After school I went to sparring and that was it.
Again, normal day. Almost done with the cycle! I got my bush today for my tea ceremony. Going to black belt class tomorrow and sparring. Hope you had a good day
Just finished my essay on the book reading. Planning to go to sparring class today and hopefully will go for a run with my Dad.
I think if I could carry everything over to the spring cycle I would wait and test then. That’s how beat up I feel. Things being as they are, I have no choice but to push on.
September 24 - Entry # 41 We had our science test during school today. I only missed 2 questions and got a 95, so thats pretty good. After school, we stopped and got something to eat at Wendy's then headed home. When I got home, I worked on requirements and finished my essay. I helped my mom, dad, and sister put up our "Nightmare Before Christmas" Halloween inflatables. Halloween is one of our favorite holidays. Now im ready for bed and laying down.
Today I went to school and then I went to wonderful Wednesday and had dinner then I went to taekwondo and then i ran. Goodnight.
Today I helped out with the Senior Tiger class on forms. After that class was sparring, we did a lot of drills and worked on clinch.
Tommorow is the final test of this cycle. I am both exited & saddened becasue this cycle has been very fun & I loved doing it. It was difficult but well made. I hope that I pass I've been practising everything I need to so I hope so. I hope to see all of you there.
Today was pretty much a normal school day. After school though, I had another long soccer game. My team was up 1-0 for most of the game. But the refs made a bad call on us and the other team was awarded a penalty kick. Unfortunately, they scored, and it stayed 1-1 all the way through double overtime. Then, we went to pk's, and we had multiple opportunities to win but our goalie guessed incorrectly so the other team stayed in it. Unfortunately, everything came crashing down and we lost 6-7 in penalties. So, it was rough night, but I got my homework done and now headed off to bed.
Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. Then I came back ate a snack and did my homework. After that I went to taekwondo took a class and got a mentor session in with Master Foster all while doing the white belt challenge. Finally I watched tv and ate dinner
Got home from church. Will be reading a book. Hopefully I will finish all my essays this week.
My day was good as usual I woke up did my Exercises and got dressed for school. After school I studied the pre written test and I memorized three pages of it and I just need to study the last four questions and I should be good.
Today was a chill day. I woke up, went to school. After school I went to taekwondo for a shin kickers class and a sparring class. I also got a mentee session in with Libby. I haven’t found my sticks which is not good. I think I might have left them at Master Chellys dojang. I have been studying for the written test, but I am still really nervous because I have more to do this time than I did last time because I am a first degree now.
Today was okay but we had a science test and I aced it which was perfect. Later I went to my dads house and I did my homework and went to taekwondo, at taekwondo I helped out and I also sparred a little. Thats basically it for today so bye my peeps.
Today was so empty but so full I didn't have any after school activities. But we still had to get my shrub, and get my instrument for band.
i went to school came back and went to midweek. i then did some requirements and yeah, nothing much happened today.
Normal day today. I went to church for D-groups and had a good time. I also just found out we have 18 days left of the cycle. I'm excited for it to be over, but at the same time I'm nervous for the written test on Saturday. Well hope you had a good day.
todayi went to school as normal but I took 40 mins of waiting for my bus before I got there and also when we got to school witch we were late I started crying so much my teacher had to talk to me because its hard to balence working in black belt cycle and 7th grade witch if I might add is a hard grade when I got to gym I felt like there were going to yell at me for not doing anything because my knees have been in pain for the last month I'm so sick of it this was my worsed day of school yet
Today I won’t be going to the lower belt class. I will be going to church instead, but I will be going to sparring class on Thursday. See you all tomorrow!
So I've been behind in entering my data into the tracker. I went ahead and did that yesterday and it turns out that I am farther ahead on several of the categories than I thought I was. So that's exciting. I'm going to use that to my advantage for the rest of the week and spend the time I would have doing pushups / situps / etc. to do some yoga / recover. I'm hoping that this will help me fix the weakness I've been feeling lately. However, I am way behind on the jump rope portion. So even though I'm going to take a little break, next week I'll have to hit the jump rope pretty hard to catch up.
Today I went to the Dojang, I taught the family class. It is getting quite large , I had help from other instructors. I find it interesting that when I first became an instructor I never thought I would be leading an entire class. I thought I would assist , maybe mentor someone for black belt cycle. This just reenforces what my grandpa used to tell me, " never say never, you never know where life will take you". As we wrap up cycle I think I have taught about six or seven classes and I am sure this is just the beginning