Candidate Journals

Today was a good day! I had a good day at school. I learned a lot in my classes today and my teacher is awesome. I went running with my Dad and finished exercises. I am getting stronger and happy about it. 

Today I went to school then I went home for a bit then I went to black belt class.

I know our journal entry is suppose to be detailed about our day. Unfortunately,  for tonight,  it won't be.  I've been fighting a migraine which goes to a head and vise versa all day. Thete is weather coming through which triggers these headaches and migraines. Hopefully the weather will pass and I can get back to feeling 'normal' 

Good afternoon, Yesterday I helped out during testing, It was my first time helping out during testing. I also listened to some Morgan Wallen. Have a good day

Today i had a nice breakfast and headed to school. I had a math quiz and a ELA seminar but i think i did fine in those. I went to after school and played pickle ball with Willow and River. Then i did sparring class. I forgot my jump rope so i had to do burpees. Yikes. We did flow sparring so it was fun. Then i came home, showered, and here i am now. Okay i'm done now.

Started the day carrying a bunch of cases of water to 3rd floor apartments during my Amazon shift. I feel like this might have been more challenging than my regular requirements. Did my run and physical requirements done before work. I really feel like my kicks have improved, but not consistently yet. Getting ready for rolls and falls followed by black belt class. Looking forward to the second half of the cycle.

Went and helped with older kids/adult testing. It was fun and glad to be of help. still feeling sick so i had almost no energy for much in terms of requirements. but will practice poomsae later tonight.

In the morning, I went to my campus class. I have been standing up most of the time getting to understand procedures with the machines I was working with. Came back, did requirements and read my cycle book, then went to class assistance and sparring class. This might have been the least sweaty and intense I've been in a sparring so far. As I came back I had my leftover Ihop and called it a day.

I haven't been sleeping as much as I should be the past few days  so I feel like I'm dragging quite a bit.  The good thing is that usually when I get time to sleep I don't usually have issues with sleeping.  Once in a while I get a bout of insomnia.  It always makes me feel bad for people with regular insomnia.  I don't know how they do it.    So as we typically do, Mark and I practiced our self defense and forms together.  The good thing about practicing and practicing together is usually the other person remembers what you don't.  It also makes me more comfortable with doing self defenses since you get to practice with an actual person attacking, and you can play around with hand/foot placements with more time flexibility than in class.  I feel like this has absolutely helped me improve self defenses over time,...

I got up today and, somewhat reluctantly, dragged myself out the house for a walk.  I'm behind on mileage and while I know I'll have time to make it up, I don't want to get too far behind after losing a lot of days to bad weather.  Between before work and during lunch, I managed to knock out three miles and finally got within 90% of where I'm supposed to be so the warning message on the tracking finally disappeared.  I'm getting better about getting physical requirements done before 5pm and, in fact, had most of them done by time I went out for my lunch walk.  I guess that's easier to do when you don't wind up taking lunch until after 1pm but I'll take the small victory. Gabe changed her mind about helping with class so I packed up her uniform and her bag and brought that down with my...

Today I slept late because we got home really late last night from the beach. This evening we went and helped at class and I did punches and kicks. We took class and did sparring and then got Chick-fil-A for dinner! Whoo!

First day back home. We helped out at class and I did warm-ups. Then we took class... Then we did sparring. So glad to have another of those done.

On Tuesday, I woke up, finished my requirements, and went to school. After school, I did my homework and ran for 2 miles. On Wednesday, I woke up to late and went to school. Then, I spent a very long time doing homework. I was also not feeling very well, so I couldn't complete my other requirements except for running 1.5 miles. Today, I felt better and woke up at the usual time. After school, I caught up on all of my missed requirements from Wednesday. Have a good night.

Today felt like a Friday, even though it isn’t. I feel very discombobulated, I was tired the entire day and didn’t feel like doing anything. But you can't just sit around and do nothing, especially when you’re on the cycle, I had to push forward and get everything out of the way before finally resting up.

This will be short, I got up went to school and then after school when we went home I did my exercises and rode my bike. Then we went to TKD and I did sparring and it was fun, then we went home and ate macaroni and cheese. Then we watched Stranger Things, I hope everyone had a awesome day.

Today I had sparring we worked on some foot work.  then I had pizza for dinner.

Today was a good day at school and I learned a lot in Science and Math. I went running with my Dad and worked on my exercises. I feel good about my Pomesaes and self defense but I will keep practicing so I get better. 

Today was an exhausting day. First I woke up and ate breakfast, then went to school and went to my homeroom. Then after school I went to taekwondo to help with testing.

Today, I slept in and then got up for a healthy breakfast. I got to school and played basketball, did some assignments in health, notes in Spanish, a chart in Biology, lunch outside, watched a government show in civics, continued reading lord of the flies in English, and took notes in math. I went to work where I got a leadership credit, class assistance credit, and a mentee session. Then I took sparring and got that credit where we worked on footwork. I went home for a night of dinner and homework. Goodnight everyone.

I woke up went to school then my friend sprained his ankle then I went to sparing class had a shower then went to bed. Good night 💤😴.

Today I went to school as usual then I went home did my homework after that I went to taekwondo then I went home and celebrated my sisters birthday 🎂 and had cake peace ✌🏻.

Today I woke up and went to work.  I was with group 2. We split group 2 into 3 groups today for the magic show.  After all 3 groups were done with the show we had snow cones.   I got Mango.  Then they just played electronics for the remainder of the day.  I came home took a nap and then went to sparring.   I am going to head over to a friend’s house for a little bit.  

When I woke up it started out as a normal day - went to school, did my work, came home.  I went to sparring tonight. We worked on stretch kicks and ax kicks.  Then we put our gear on and sparred.  I was sparring Magnolia, but while we were sparring I was accidentally punched in the eye by another black belt.  I fell on the ground and went to sit down.  Master Natasya got me an ice pack.  When I got home my dad asked what happened to your eye.  I told him and he promised me ice cream after dinner.  I snuggled on the couch with my biggest squish - a -mellow.  Now I'm eating my delicious ice cream and writing my journal and praying for my eye to feel better. See you tomorrow - have a great day!

Today i woke up had a glass of milk and went to school. School was cool. I did push ups and sit ups during P.E. When i got to king tiger i got to see River an Jett test for their bocho's. They both got them in front of me. (congratulations) I did my jump roping at king tiger and also did my poomseas, self defense and kicks. Then i proceeded to cook everybody in mario cart. Today was a fun day. Hoping to get leadership credit tomorrow. Okay i'm done now.                        

I woke up and dad brought me some breakfast. He had to go to the doctor today so he got Bojangles on the way home. I did my requirements early today.  I then went to sparring tonight.  I didn’t do much before class tonight.  That’s all about my day. Boring. Good nite.  

Happy Thursday  I had open house tonight.  Meeting after meeting at school.  SO CHALLENGING to get everything in.  Next week will be a huge challenge to get my classes in. We are required to stay at school until all the busses have dropped off our kiddos. I may need to bring my do bock to school to save time.  It's going to be very challenging to balance everything I need to do for blackbelt cycle and school.  I hope I can do this. 

Today I went to school and I did my classes and I finished my homework at school so that's good. I also went to our schools football and soccer field for P.E. and it's called the Grey. There's a track that goes around the football field so I did two miles for next week, I needed to do something that I'm kind of good at because I'm pretty bad at football and soccer. I finished my requirements and I helped my mom make some baseboards for our laundry room, and I got to work on my puzzle that I've been working on for a while. The puzzle is a 1000 piece Darth Vader puzzle with three colors, red, black and grey so I've been struggling to finish that. Anyway, gotta go, I'm going to be at sparring tonight so I can get some stuff out of the way, I've also been...

So today i did some school work and then ran two miles. Today was faster than usual but i was very sore after catching up on pushups yesterday. now i am chillin. goodbye

Wednesday-I had to go into the office today, (funny how much this is a big deal to me now, when i did it 5 days a week for 15 years) which really cuts  into my morning routine, I was only able to run and get some requirements done, but not all. Afterwork, I got a quick haircut. I give the same instructions every time, but it was a different barber than normal and i got a completely different haircut. Oh-well, it grows back. Classes were good- the 4:45 and 5:15 seems to be extra busy now that school has started, happy to help assist with those. Then attended to 6pm and got a mentor session in with Master Marcus.     

Climbing! Multiple steps up today as we practiced with multiple masters. Master Wicks and Master Dege are back! The theme was about bocho dan self defense, taekwon forms, bolo, and double short stick forms. Also practiced short stick forms 1&2 earlier with Mj.

Today we did some more work on  bocho self defense, master evans was showing us the intricate details of our self defense. during a mentor session I learned more of my special.

Well, i have a dumb head cold. No classes today as it was testing day at Harrisburg. I will be going to help out tomorrow for the older kids/adults testing. Didn't really feel up to much today in terms of activity. I did manage just over a mile of walk/jog, jump rope and a lot of push ups and sit ups, kicks etc..

Super behind in school for my class already because I forgot to look at what was due tonight. Need to spend tomorrow catching up on work and material so I can be better prepared to what is to come.

Another day with literally no breaks. I wake up, go to school, hustle to make it on the bus, do math, go home, do homework, go to the dojang, and do more homework after. Then there is also the requirements that I can’t forget everyday.

Today was a pretty chill day. I spent most of the day working on some school work and sitting around. I had PT this afternoon and then went straight to practice. I had a really good practice and got a lot of laughs with my friends. I then came home, stretched, and now I am here. 

I'm not sure what to write about right now. I was pretty excited to get my new mouthpiece in today.  I ordered a new one because the old one literally has pieces falling out of it.  I don't really want to choke on mouthpiece plastic in the middle of sparring.  When I was looking there was one that had a bicycle moustache design on it.  For those of you wanting to know, no, I did not buy that one.  I'll show you guys in sparring on Friday night, so ask if inquiring minds want to know.  

Sometimes I'm not really certain what day it is anymore.  I mostly go by what class I was in yesterday and what class I'm in today.  And whether or not I'm working (so I know if it's the weekend or not).  Today is Wednesday which means Black Belt class and then being mentored.  We spent almost the whole of class working on Self-Defenses.  We need to practice being more dynamic with them.  After class, in mentoring, we did stick and staff forms and our 2nd Dan self-defenses (one-step and special).  And now that we're home, it's time for dinner and then bed.  And logging Cycle work.

Today i got up on time and went to school. I did a 40m dash at school then went to after school. There i did class and worked on some requirements before helping out with a senior tigers class. Got the wrong credit. (i blame Andrew for taking my warmups) Black belt class went good and i got to work on my spin fall. Tomorrow hoping to finish up my written test and get the right class credit this time. Okay i'm done now.

I woke up today to go to Ihop for breakfast. When I came back I decided to get my schoolwork completed and settled on reading. Later after all settled I did my exercise routine and had dinner. 

Tonight I went to Grand Master Evan's Black belt class.  We did first dan and bochodon self defense and kicking defense.  There were some people there that I didn't know, but the black belt class was fun.  When I got back home I ate chicken and rice.  Now it's very late so I have to go to bed.  Have a great day. 

Today I went to school then I had to wait 30 to 40 minutes to wait for the bus when I finally got on I went to the bus stop and got picked by my mom then I went home but I didn’t stay for long because I was going to be late for soccer practice so I only stayed home for about 10 minutes then I went to soccer practice and I was late, after that I went home did my requirements then had dinner after that I went to bed peace out ✌🏻🆒😎.

Today i woke up and did my requirements for taekwondo. Then I went on a run and did two miles. Then I came home and did my chores and played with my dog. Then I did more chores and played with my sister. Then I went to the pool then I went to teakwondo and did only two classes. Now I am done for the day. Good night.

Today was a very busy day. just like normal I woke up and ate breakfast then went to a doctor appointment. Then went to school. And when I got there they where handing out new schedules. and I still haven't got my schedule yet. Then I went to my favorite class Miss Vigles class. Next I went to miss Patterson class and got ready for lunch. After school I went to a football game and when I got home I had to get all my requirements and do homework.

Today I went to black belt class at north Charlotte with Grand master Evans, because I'm going out of town on Friday.

Cough, cough, cough......I hate allergies.  Dust from cleaning the classroom and being in other classrooms for trainings have jump started my allergies. Yay...Said no one ever!!!  Went to KT early hoping to catch my new mentee. No luck. However, I did get to work on staff form 2 and 3 with another candidate.   Open House is tomorrow at my school,  so I will not be going to KT.   Stay strong !  Hugs and love ❤️    

Today I woke up to go to school which was alright, for some reason 10th grade classes are extremely slow. After school I went for my run at school which was a nice run, very peaceful. After I went home and did my homework and just mainly chilled for the rest of the evening. Went for a scooter ride and then now just hanging out with my family getting ready to go to bed soon.

Today woke up went to school and then went to tae kwon do I did some requirements there and then I took a class did a leader ship and did a mentee session then came home ate dinner and now it’s night time

Today I woke up how to nice breakfast and went to school. At school I got to pick my clubs I picked gaga  ball club navigations club and 3-D printing modeling club. Then I went to taekwondo I hope that was the class had a mentee session then came home for dinner I did some requirements and that was my day. See you later peace out y’all👦🏽!!!!!

Today, I woke up early and went for a run. I then had a nice breakfast and got ready for school. At school, I played kickball, finished up Spanish homework, did a few assignments in biology, had lunch outside it was a lot cooler than it has been. I watched a show in Civics with some questions, we started reading lord of the flies in English, and I took a math quiz. I went to work today and got a leadership credit and a class assistance credit. Went home for dinner and a night of chores, homework, and requirements. Have a good night everyone and I will see you tomorrow.

So busy that all of my days are running together. Had a 3:15 Amazon shift this am that I ended up getting free $ for. There were no routes or packages to deliver, but I still got paid. I came home and did some work for my other(real) job until the sun came up. Then I ran my mile, and because it was so cold, I improved my time by 45 seconds. Did the rest of my requirements during the course of the day, and now I'm still working, with no end in sight. Looking forward to bed.

Today was picture day at school, I think the photographer did good for my pictures. I'm not going to TKD today we've had a busy week and my mom didn't want to go. I'll be there for sparring tomorrow and everything else during the rest of the week. I walked another 1.5 miles today and that completed my miles for the week. Anyway, I want to hang out with my family so I got to go, bye!

Good afternoon, I just got done with the dreaded homework. This is getting very annoying because it delays my requirements big time. I get out of school at 4, get home about 425, and by the time I finish getting ready, it's 445 and homework takes 30 minutes, so. Yay. Have a good day. 

Hello everyone, today I went to school and I was picture day so we got our pictures taken, and that was a way to get out of one class. Then when school ended we went to a bakery shop and I got a cookie, then my mom went to the library and returned books. Then we went home and I did my exercises, I hope everyone had a good day.

Yesterday I played at the beach with my new kite which was awesome. I also played the Switch with my cousins, which was really fun. My mom and I worked on requirements together. We are leaving to go home this afternoon. 

Today is our last day at the beach. We are going to work on our requirements before hitting the road this evening.

I did not remember to journal yesterday until a few minutes past midnight. Everything was hurting especially my lower back and my legs felt heavy...on my feet for a good four hours. I need some footless compression tights for Tuesdays and I found some on Amazon. I will use anything to help keep me going. They were listed as good for drivers, pregnant women, teachers and get this...old people (eye roll)! Not very PC...should I be offended? I was able to complete most of my requirements and will be heading out to the dojang soon for class assistance, mentee session and black belt class. Bye for now!!

Tuesday- Got up and did 2 miles and all my physical requirements and stretched for about 20 min. Today almost all the kids ran with me, which was fun.  Next week we are headed to the beach, normally I take Tuesdays off from classes but I went in today and had a really productive afternoon. Got both a mentee and mentor session in, as well as both leadership credits. It feels good to get things done!    

Good morning, everyone! For some reason my journals don’t go through on certain days, which is definitely weird, but hopefully this one works. On Monday, it was my brother’s last official day working at TKD before going off to college. It was definitely hard that it was his last day, but he will be back in December. I realized that my life is honestly going to change a lot after my brother moves away, which is honestly pretty crazy. Yesterday, I went to school and finished my requirements for the day with ease. Have a wonderful day!

Practiced and did some more of my bocho requirements. And went to my schools open house.

  Today work was slow and steady and I got a bunch of stuff done.  Got someone to help me repair my Visual Studio configuration so I was able to actually do some stuff today.  And worked on my physical requirements in between. Tonight was Blue Belt night, apparently.  I worked on kicks with the blue belts in the Senior Tigers class and then worked on blue Belt curriculum with my mentee.  In between we did approximately 150,000 kicks in the adult class.  We also had PMAA tonight and learned some more knife takedowns and also got to see the open-handed application of the same.  Also, those of us who tested recently got our new rank certificates. I know we're kind of at the peak of the physical requirements and it feels so tedious.  My shoulders always feel fine until I start doing some push-ups and then they remind me just...

Ran another 2 gentle miles today. Stretched and completed requirements by doing selective portions through the day.

During the day, I did my treadmill run that I missed yesterday and reviewed my specials and self-defenses. When I came to the dojang I was assisting class with everything. Mentee and mentor sessions were completed during my time there. I did part two of my special self-defense for 2nd Dan and wrote down every attack pattern I'm supposed to do. When I got home I had dinner and read the one of two of my books.

Today I woke up and spent most of my morning relaxing and working on a few hobby projects. I then went to take photos for cross country. I went with Laia for her senior photos. I then helped her register for classes with the help of my mom. Afterwards we had team photos and non-senior individual photos. We had a few minutes at home before we had to head to open-house. I walked through my schedule and got to meet the few new teachers I have never had before (since I am taking so many advance classes I have met most of my teachers). I also walked Laia through her schedule and made sure she is all set for Monday. I then went to my running workout, which was amazing. I am feeling so pumped for Saturday's race. I then came home, yapped to my mom for a little bit, and...

Today's schedule has lots of changes.  Samuel didn't go to school because he didn't feel well (not covid or viral, but they think he has stomach issues brewing again), added in a doctor's appointment for him, had to go do blood work for myself, and saw my nutritionist.  In the middle of the nutritionist visit the fire alarm started going off so the visit was cut a bit short so she could evacuate.  I also had a dentist appointment to check out an area that seems to have developed a lot of cold sensitivity recently.  Lo and behold there is a cavity that needs taking care of, and my dentist can actually take care of it right now rather than having me come back.  Well, sure, why not fix it now, plus cold sensitivity isn't the most fun thing to deal with.  I've been with this dentist for seventeen years, so...

Went to the Belmont dojang for black belt class, it was very nice. I came home to clean and do some requirements in between. I’ll probably take a quick nap and work on the study guide material. There definitely things I need to refresh on.

today I went to my friends house to play cod and zombies. Then I went and jogged for 2 miles on my school track. Then I went and made chicken nuggets. Now I'm going to sleep.  

Was able to get another class assistance credit with the kids class. Then came early for the adult class and was able to mentor 2 folks. Then after class Master Foster was kind enough to do a mentor session with me. 

Today was an ordinary day until this afternoon. I went to my first trail life meating.when I woke up I had breakfast and then went to school and apparently my schedule was changed again. Then after that I went home did my requirements and then went to trail life and run. The time flies by.

Calm day at school today for I only had two classes to take. Got home and got straight to work before taking my rest.

so today i woke up and did some schoolwork and then did requirements.then i went to trail life and that was fun. then i ran. i have been having cramps while running but today they were really bad. then i went home and am about to go to bed. goodnight.

Hectic day of school, lots of going back and forth. When I got home, I took a quick break and got to working on my homework and requirements. Then came piano and more homework.

My alarm did not go off today so I woke up at 11.  I diid not have much time before my open house at 2:30. It look a while at open house.  After we were done we went and picked up cooper for his open house.  Then my mom had to take my dad to the ER so I was not able to go to class today.  Everything is goood with him. Good night and good bye.  

Today I woke and went to work.   I was with group 3.  Today we went to the splash pad. The water was really cold so I didn’t get in that much.   We did some big mat games and ate snack.  Then I went to open house at school. All my teachers seem pretty nice. When I finished open house I ate a little snack and did some requirements.   

Today I woke up and did my requirements to taekwondo. Then I went on a run and did some chores. After that I read a book. Then watch a movie. Then I played with my sister and my dog.  Then I did Legos. And then went to taekwondo I don’t normally do on Tuesdays but I did it today! Class was good! Now I’m done for the day. Good night!!!

Hello everyone, today I had a good day at school because I was able to get all of my work done and turned in, and I was able to see my friends. Then after school we went to the gym and were going to do our exercises but then we decided to do them at home. So, we went home and was able to do our exercises and I got my miles finished for the week. Then I went back home did some chores and beat another level on Hitman, I hope everyone had a great day, adios.

I went to school then ate some ice cream then did a mentee session with Landry  then listened to some music then ate Chipotle then went to my band for a hour came home listened to some music read some. Good night 💤😴.

Today I woke up for school at 6am, for school which is normal for me, I went to school shortly after I got up and had a very long day. Were still in the introducing stage to we don't even really do much real work so it makes for longer days. After that I went for a run on my schools track which is a nice track because every lap is exactly one mile, so it's nice. After we had to take dinner to one of my mom's friends because his wife broke her ankle so we took them some turkey for dinner.

Today day I did some of the written test with some help from Instructor Jen. then I went to my brothers football practice. that's all

I hope everyone had a terrific Tuesday is excited for a wonderful Wednesday!!! Today I went to school and had PE. I later went to the 6:00 Ta Kwon Do class and got a mentor session in after. I then went home and ate dinner. I hope it was a terrific Tuesday for all good night!!!  P.S. Today is National Radio day!!! ~Magnolia~

Today i went to school like normal. I woke up on time this time. I went to after school and got my burpees done. (i dunno if i spelled burpees right) After after school i went to the gym. I did a lot there and practiced my jump roping. I plan to use that for my essay. I still have no leadership credits so i need to work on that severely. Okay i'm done now.

Today, I woke up early and went for a run. Then I had breakfast and got ready for school. I did some assignments in health, aced a Spanish quiz, took a huge amount of notes in bio, got homework done in Civics, did a reading in English, and won a math competition. After school I came home and relaxed. I then had dinner and went to class where I got my last leadership credit. Now I am working on chores and then reading my book. Goodnight everyone.

Today I went to school and then I went home and did my homework then I went to tae kwon do and most of my requirements there bye.✌️ 

Today woke up at breakfast and then went to school. I did some requirements at school. I did push-ups they are getting easier. I also did planks which are pretty easy. I did a bunch of other stuff too after that I went to taekwondo helped out with two classes and took one then we came home and ate my mamas yummy rice and beans now I’m watching a movie, peace  ✌🏼 

Today I had yet another training and then able to work in my classroom.  I need to find something softer to do ditups on in my classroom. The carpet and floor do not work.  Went to KT this evening hoping to catch my new mentee...no luck. I did, however,  get to assist in a class.   

Today I woke up ate breakfast got ready for school then went to school. After school I went to taekwondo I did a leader ship and I helped with class. I went Home having Rice and beans in for dinner and that was my day. See you tomorrow peace out bro🐣!!! 

Good afternoon Hope you had a good day. I'm practicing for a honors band. Getting all my requirements and everything is going smoothly. Hope everyone has a good day.

Today was pretty standard, I went to school, got my homework done and then we went to the gym but ended up going back home to do our stuff instead. I got a music player and I've been using it and it works pretty well. I ran a mile in nine minutes, not my fastest, but it was good. I played capture the flag in P.E. and I scored a point but we lost in the end, it was still fun though. Anyway, I have some stuff I want to do, I'm not going to TKD today so I can do some church stuff, anyway, see you guys tomorrow!

We're at the beach until tomorrow. I'm planning on practicing on the strand today. 

Yesterday I went to the beach and I practiced poomsae's at the beach house in front of my cousins and my mom and I went for a bike ride on the beach in the evening.

Monday- The routine is really helping, 2 miles, finish ALL exercises and then about a 20 minute stretch. I highly recommend Sarah Beth Yoga on youtube. We pop it on the TV in the living room and stretch.   Monday was a little busy at work, lots of things coming to a head trying to start prepping for the end of the quarter and end of the year, which is crazy that it's already almost September.   We went and helped with the 5:15 and took the 6 and 6:45, classes. Worked with some white belts, which is always fun, even my youngest is long past that age! I worked with a new Mentee between classes which was nice. It's interesting to me that each person really has their own struggles.     

Henry and I went a bike ride on the beach yesterday evening, which was a great workout! 

Of course, I am still struggling with increasing my upper body strength. I really want to be capable of doing pull-ups one day and I understand it may take awhile. My plan is to incorporate some L-sit pull-ups with a TRX strap…that could possible help. We will see….

Helped with the kids class this afternoon before the black belt class. Class went fine then i went for a jog at the park. Did 3 miles tonight. 

Ran 2 gentle miles today. Stretched and enjoyed me some calisthenics. Completed requirements early and got some homework done. Started working on my paper.

Today I woke up and went to my facial this morning. I then spent most of the day doing a few things I needed to do. I then went to practice, which was fun to introduce Laia to the cross country team. I then came home, relaxed, and now I am here. 

On the Cycle, it seems like there's always something.  Today it was trying to get my allergy shots.  I got out of the house a few minutes late but still with enough time to get there before they stopped for lunch.  Except the was a closure on the road outside the subdivision.  And my gas light came on because I didn't fill up on Friday after sparring.  And then the massive accident that I had to go around.  Somehow I still made it with a few minutes to spare. Then when I got back home I tried to get some more work done and after finally obtaining access to the code repository, it wouldn't compile.  We tried a lot of stuff but nothing would kick it loose.  And near the end of the day I was told to stop worrying about it because it might get built out onto one of...

Hello everyone, I woke up for class today, I started part of my project assignment during class time and did some machinery stuff for the day. When I got back I read, did some chores and did my poomsaes and self-defenses and hapkidos and had my dinner, unfortunately I didn't run today, felt like I crashed after being in the heat for a period. I will run tomorrow though and assist with class.

Called my dad tonight and actually got him on the phone.  I was telling him about our black belt requirements and he responds with "sounds great if you're retired".  He isn't wrong, it's a lot of work to do every day for weeks on end.  I did kicks in the living room and was working on doing turning kicks. Mark told me the kicks looked really good.  Now if only they will let me test in my socks on carpet so I can look good on testing night.  

I had a great day at school and my favorite part was learning about Cells in science class. This was really cool. I went to Taekwondo after school to help senior tiger class and meet with my mentor. I went running with my Dad and finished my exercises after Taekwondo. Today was a good day. 

Today, I woke up, got some requirements done, and went to school. After school, I attended a black belt class for my last weekday black belt class credit that was required. Of course, I will still try to attend all of them. Have a good night.