Candidate Journals

Stayed home today with my pets. Fun fact about me, my boyfriend and I have a dog, a kitten, 4 rats, and a rat in our hospital cage because we found her outside. Definitely not a wild rat, most likely someone released it outside, she very timid, won't bite, but hides under her bedding. I didn't start doing requirements until later in the day. I slept in, then got some other errands done. I couldn't do jump ropes in my apartment, so I did penguin taps (you jump like a penguin and double tap your legs. I worked on them when I was learning how to do double jumps. It was actually tough to do that for 1 minute no stop. I did burpee with gorilla jumps, because I'm want to work on my jump kicks and explosiveness. Doing gorilla jumps in Master Marcus sparing class really helped with improving my...

Hello! Nothing much happened today, I was home from school because of the weather and will additionally be receiving a two-hour delay in the start of school tomorrow. I had a lot of time to myself today, so I finished all of my physical requirements for week one, and was able to do some reading. I read a comic book and a book about office environments, (complete opposites, right?). I was not able to run any miles today because of the rain, so I played a virtual game with my friends. :)

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.

Once week one is over, maybe stress and anxiety will be carried away. A train stopping at every requirement to pick up what’s been completed, but drop off what’s next. I know I have plenty of time but yet I am treating everything like the deadline is tomorrow. I still haven’t read my book for English which I am usually super quick on doing, despite it being only 12 required pages by tomorrow. I can knock it out in 15 minutes but I just keep telling myself I’m behind. So which is it? Am I behind or ahead? And why do I feel this way about everything I do…….

Hi Everyone, how's your day been? No response? Wow, ok, anyways, like most of you I was home from school today because it was sprinkling outside and there was a breeze. I had all day to get my requirements done and I had my little brother to help. He did rolls and falls and he held the paddle while I did my kicks. Overall, I was pretty hyped about having the day off, but I'm a little stressed about the classwork I have to finish. Well, it's after 10pm and I'm supposed to be sleeping soooooo... I better shutdown. Good night everyone!

I woke up and I went to school pretty early. I got to see my teacher's daughter named Ruthie. She is really cute. I finished all of my school work and I went home on the bus hanged out and did my stuff and then I went to TKD to finish the night. We got to spar and I practice poomsaes.

Today I got to stay home from school because we had bad weather. It was windy and rainy all day. The creek behind our house flooded. I got to finish a bunch of my TKD stuff for the cycle and I went to TKD pretty early to finish the rest of my stuff and get pumesaes and self defences down. I did my written test again and got 100. I went home to eat ice cream and go to bed.

Today when i went to work at tkd i helped a little boy onto the mats named Ethan. He was very upset and didn’t get onto the mats until the end of class during a game. But when he did he calmed down and enjoyed class. After class i helped him make a friend. 

I was bored this whole day because we didn't have school and it was raining outside so I couldn't play or run. So I just did my homework and build LEGOS but then that got boring so I played video games with my friends. 

Today I was off school and I relaxed most of the day and while I was at home I did my exercises.  After I did my exercises I relaxed again until 5:15, when I went to class I assisted in that class.  After that I took the 6:00 class and marked of poomsae and self defense for the day.         I hope you have a good night!!!!!

Today I woke up and It was pouring rain outside. I had breakfast and worked on some homework then started cycle requirements. I started with pushups went to jump rope then did the rest of it, I worked double time today since I missed a day of it, then did kicks. During a break I called my best friend and we looked outside of how powerful the wind and rain was outside, then as we were looking outside we saw my neighbor's outside table completely flip over and the chair fall not too long after. We were sitting there not saying anything because we didn't think the wind was that bad and thought everyone was being overdramatic about it. After that, I went back to finishing my homework. Near the end of the day I continued to teach my mom and sister my poomsae and taught my sister self defense. That...

Today I was at King Tiger ALLL day because there was no school.  As soon as I got there I worked on my blackbelt stuff and played some videogames.  We played big mat games and had lunch.  After lunch we played more big mat games and then had classes.  I helped out in class and after I did a mentor and a mentee session.  After that I went to the back and played more videogames and then I took the 515 class.  Then we went home had dinner, showered and went to bed.

today we didt have school i caught up on my school work i was scared i was playing gorilla tag and did all of my cycle requirments of the day my sister was very scared i hope all the people that are testing are safe and up to date on there requirments bye thats my journal 

Monday, was a pretty good day. A few key highlights was having a overall productive day at school. Even though I had a lot of work to do I enjoyed the day. I saw many of my friends and as usual we all ate lunch together. After school I went to Tae Kwon Do to do some leadership. While my father and I were there, we did our pre-test self-defense since we would be out of town this weekend. We both passed all our colored belt self-defenses. Then I came home and hung out with my girlfriend. Then I wound down for the night. Had some trouble getting to sleep but I got there in the end. 

School was cancelled today because of the severe weather so I took today to catch up on school work. This workout perfect because I had a lot of homework last night and not a lot of time to finish it. When I woke up this morning I tried to keep my normal morning routine going. Afterwards, I sat down and got to work on my school work. I got most of it done, still have a little to finish. Then I ate lunch and went over to my girlfriend's house. We hung out and got dinner. Then I came home and finished up requirements with my dad. It is always more enjoyable having someone training with you especially when you have to train everyday for 11 weeks. Then I ate my second dinner, now I am here. I am about to finish up my homework and get ready for bed. Luckily...

 Hello! Today I had a day off of school and I tried out my resistance bands to help and build muscles for my exercises. Then I went to the 5:15 class to assist and help out instructors. After that class I went and did 2 minutes of plank. Next I then went to the 6:00 class and participated and I also did leadership credit. That basically sums up my day so have a good night!

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. 

Today we had no school! My day started like any other, staying in bed for an hour after I woke up and watched TV and played some video games. A few hours later my mom said it was time to do some school work. But it was not that hard since the school websites were down. So I started doing exercise and the other cycle requirements a few hours later but while I was doing that, i got a tornado warning. My mom said it was fine but if I hear strong winds to let her no and she will tell me what to do. But even more later the power went out for hours so when I finished I just sat down in silence. The power came on later and I moved on with my day.

Today was a crazy Tuesday. We are out of school because of the weather. I am going to use this extra time for some of my requirements. I have completed 2 essays so far but need to work on my physical list. Still sore and getting use to working out so much again. I have caught up on all my stuff today and it feels releaving to not be behind a few days. 

A Pre-Test is a test to evaluate the preparedness of students for further study.  As I was "re-mastering" the first seven Poomsae's, I wondered what kept getting in the way of my daily practice?  What was I doing all of this time?  Why didn't I wait until the next cycle to get it all together?  I convinced myself that this was the perfect time because this is a pretest, and I won't remember what I don't remember. I knew what to expect, but I didn't know what to expect. If I don't do it now, I'll never be ready.   I'd probably still have something else to get me off schedule.  Since I was given grace, in the form of a pre-test or a dress rehearsal, I now have several opportunities to prepare myself for the big day when it comes. This time I will do what I was supposed to do; Stay Ready So I Don't Have...

Good morning King Tiger. It is Tuesday. The weather is not looking good today and schools are closed. However, going to take advantage of that today. I have a doctors appointment this morning and then onto some requirements later today. I am starting to re-train all the muscles and muscle movements, but I also need to unlearn some things and fix some stuff. Make it better and stronger. Got work ahead, but making progress. I hope everyone has a great day. Take care. 

I’d say that this particular Monday was a successful one. I am learning more and more about the cycle and how I can overcome its obstacles. I had my first mentee session today, and I wasn’t nervous at all. I knew what I wanted to do going in and I learned more about my mentee than I used to. However the stress comes in with my skill. I just can’t seem to come up with a skill that would be exciting for me to learn. By far it is the most difficult obstacle I have right now, and I need a skill soon. Luckily I have almost all day tomorrow (thanks to school being cancelled but because I go to a Charter school we have online class) I can think whilst doing cycle requirements. I have exactly 50 pages left on my book, and then I’ll be essay free for a...

It was time to go back to school... I tried my best not to sleep too long. When I got up me and my mom went outside and ran a mile. When we got back we felt our ears explode due to the change in temp. I knocked out some of my exercises and got ready for school. When I was at school I found tomorrow was going to be the best day ever because school is out. I went to Taekwondo class and helped in Junior Tigers. I then had my first mentor session with my mentor Instructor Conner. It went pretty good. I came home and finished my self defense.  Today was a long day and I can't wait to wind down.

So this morning I woke up at 5:30 and I got ready for school. Once I arrived at school I played some games the first few minutes of class when our teacher let us. First period I just took some notes in history class. Second class was math and we learned about slopes. Next class period I immediately sat down to take a test in ela and I didn’t get the score I wanted to. Then I had my electives which was Spanish today, we learned about how to tell time. My last class today was science class and I took another test and got an A. I came home and went to the 5:15 taekwondo class. Then we went to get new tennis shoes for me and then we went home. I made my mom go for a run with me when we got home so I could try my...

Hi Everyone! First week of the black belt cycle and I'm very excited and going into this confidently. I hope the novelty of the cycle does not wear off quickly. Joining the cycle was a last-minute decision I made Friday night. I was very nervous going to the pre-test on Saturday morning and didn't understand why it was on the first day. On my first cycle the pre-test was a couple of weeks after the cycle started. Here's the funny thing, the part I was most nervous about, the written test, ended up being pretty easy. I only missed one question and scored a 90%. I want to wish everyone good luck for the cycle. 

I the morning I got ready for school, at recess I ran a mile around the field with my friend.  After school I came home and did my homework, then I went to swim practice.  After swim practice I came home and did my required exercises.

Today I woke up and did some of my stuff.  After I got ready for school.  At school I did reading, math and social studies.  After school I rode the bus to King Tiger like normal and took class.  I did some more of my black belt stuff and I helped out with a class and also led punches and kicks!  Finally we went home and I did my jump rope.  I took and shower and ate dinner and went to bed.  I wasn't tired so I told my mom I was gonna do more cycle stuff!  Now I am really tired so I'm going to bed! 😴  YAAAAY FOR NO SCHOOL TOMORROW! 

Today I had to go back to school sore, tired, and fatigued from yesterday and the day before that. As soon as I got out of the car I immediately felt like a huge blob and I had science first period so I was a little grumpy that morning. After school I had to do science homework and that made me a little more grumpy than before but then I was done with it so now I'm not grumpy anymore. 

Today i got all my assignments turned in and i feel very accomplished. In math class we got new seating and i sit with my friend Carley and in-front of an old friend i used to know Makenna I got a question wrong and my friend Carley squealed at me, which i thought was funny. When i got home from school today my mom got me and my sibling Chick-Fil-A which i am very grateful for (i got a number 1). We had tkd class today as well and did sparing so i got to check of one of my sparing classes which was nice. After class we had our black belt class and did a lot of turning kicks wich made me very dizzy but made me feel better about my kicks. We don’t have school tomorrow either so i can get extra requirements for my black belt cycle to!...

Incorporating requirements into what I do currently in my fitness routine. I enjoy the changes to minutes and the checklist in the books, it's makes me feel more accomplished. I'm also studying to take my licensing exam for to become a registered nurse (RN). Most of my days are going to be a mix of black belt req, nursing studying/quizzes, and more black belt requirements. The exam is on January 18th; so, I plan to work hard until then, and on the 19th, I'm staying home and play videogames all day.    I still need to find a mentor and mentee; it will be done before the week is over. Help out with classes today at Lake Norman, I missed so many kids and teaching. I got to work with new students (older kids), we went over kicks and punches. They did great, but I had reassured them that they did,...

today i had to go back to jail so i woke up at 5 and got ready. i got to school and had a very slow, boring day. we got new seats in ela and it makes me contemplate dropping out of school. (not gonna do that but its a recurring thought in the back of my head) finally, i came home, ate a snack, and did some requirements while watching tv. i went outside to run because it wasn't really bad outside. then i came home and finished my homework. we don't have to go to school tomorrow because of "excessive precipitation" so we have an e-learning day which is so dumb because everyone else gets school off. i was looking forward to sleeping in but looks like i'll have to wake up at 8 for e-learning. at least i can do it from the comfort of my bed. anyway, that...

Today I woke up and went to school as usual. I attended my classes and rode the bus home. Today we had gotten word that in the case of severe weather, there is no school tomorrow. Upon arriving home, I went to King Tiger to attend a standard class, where I worked on my "Goom Gahng" and "Yeuk Chang" Poomsaes, (my apologies if I have misspelled). After that, I got myself a haircut and am now writing this journal, I will do my homework soon. :)

I woke up very tired today because it was a Monday. I went to school and did some of my workouts and I had a reading test today but don't have my scores yet. I feel like I did good on it. I went to class and got my first credits for class assistance and leadership. I also got my mentor and mentee assignments. 

Good morning everyone. it is my first journal wrtting for this cycle. I am excited to be in this cycle again. Yesterday, my DAD took me to the gym and I worked on all the physical requirenments and poomsaes, self defense and kicks challenges. I did walk 1 mile. I am very sore but I know it is a good thing. I also got the book required for this cycle. Will write more this week. I am heading to school now. Bye

Good Morning King Tiger... It is a Monday, but that is okay. It is a new day the Lord has made for us. The question is what we do with it. Normal morning so far. Nate and I still working out the kinks of figuring out how to balance cycle and normal life... lots to balance, but we will get there. Plus, this is our first cycle with the new requirements setup... more time based. I am actually starting to like this new methodology. We will make it work. I am excited about the "auditing" cycle for us... I will keep you all updated on our progress. Working on week 2 now... Keep up the great work and remember you are not alone, so ask for help. We need to encourage and help each other. One other item -- I need a mentee. Anyone need a mentor and would like one?...

Today I woke up early and got a head start on my day. After finishing some requirements and school work, I headed to church. It was pretty good, I volunteered in the kids room as usual but I was in charge of the 4th and 5th graders instead of the kindergarten and 1st graders which is unusual. Then I cam home and got ready for my running workout. It was good, definitely not easy but also not the hardest workout I have done. Then I got home, finished more requirements. I hung out with my girlfriend for a while. Then I got ready for bed and now I am here . . .

Today I woke up, sat in my bed for about 20 minutes watching tv. Then I put on my uniform for Poomsae class. When I arrived at Poomsae class it was a good first day back, just doing the basics. After class ended I retook my written pretest, I'm sure I got a 100%. When I got back home I played video games then I did my daily pushups, pullups, and sit ups. Awhile later I went for my run, which was a better pace than usual. Did some burpees after then self defense. The end of the day I watched survivor with my parentals.

A little sore today from pretest and just the week in general. Totally expected. Went to a great poomsae team class this morning. I love to delve into all the form details. When I got home, I got my bb requirements done for today. I did a bunch of white belt 1 and 2 self defense making sure to keep my arms up since that was pointed out in Saturday's pretest to the class. After, I took down the rest of our Christmas decorations at home. Everything looks so bare now! I watched some football, fixed some dinner, and got everything ready for the coming week. Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Today I woke up and started playing some video games.  Then I went downstairs and had some breakfast.  After breakfast we got ready to go to church.  When we got to church I went to Sunday school, after that I went down to the nursery with mom because she had to watch the babies.  Sometimes there are no babies so we go into the service but today we had 1 baby so we stayed in there the whole service.  After church we had lunch and then I went  upstairs and started doing my blackbelt stuff!

I woke up in the morning and I got ready, then I ate breakfast and went to the track to run a mile.  My original plan was to run 2 miles but I decided to only run 1, because my stomach was cramping. After the mile I went home and did my requirements.  After that, all I had to do was Poomsae and self defense and so I went to my grandmas house for a while, then came home and did the rest of the things I needed to do.

Today I got to sleep in because I was sore and tried from yesterday. I went downstairs and Molly was making breakfast. I then helped her and my mom set up a TKD room for the cycle. We got a kicking back for Christmas and it took a lot of water to fill it up so it didn't move when I kicked it. Then I relaxed a little and did all of my stuff for the cycle in my new TKD room. 

today i woke up at 7 because i had rec practice at 8. our coach got mad at us for doing bad at our game yesterday which i don't get because we won but she made as run laps which i guess was good bc i ended up getting 2.3 miles in. i don't run a lot so it really hit after i got home. i made lunch for my family and watched tv. i tried getting in requirements and practiced my jump roping bc our bball coach has a challenge where anyone who gets over 200 jump rope rotations in a minute gets a free t shirt. i cant get over 100 but i guess this is good practice for the black belt cycle as well. tomorrow i have to go back to jail so i finished some homework. 

I survived the shopping trip of 1/7/2024. It all started when I woke up and got in my car to drive to a nearby school's track. Me and my mom arrived around 10:00. We both ran a few laps and finished at a decent time for my first time running. But then that was when the terror began. My mom had said we would go to a store to get 1 or 2 items. So we went in to a Marshals and found half of what we needed to get but then they were out of stock for one of the items. So around an hour later we went to an Target and grabbed some Starbucks. I sat down and realized that we have been out the house for around 3 hours. So we went shopping but we did not find the item we were looking for but bought at least...

Today we were supposed to go to breakfast but my sister didn’t want to. So me and my mom re-organized our upstairs. We converted our old lego room into a tkd workout room with floor mats and a rolling and falling mat. There’s a punching bag that we got for christmas and targets as well. Then we re organized our game room to an entertainment room. Now i’m watching Greys Anatomy and organizing legos. 

  I'm sore, tired, and exhausted from yesterday. Tomorrow I have to do that all over again.

Today I went to Urban Air for a birthday party and practiced some rolls and falls in the pits. I also got a treadmill and ran my first set of miles on it. 

This is my fourth cycle, first cycle with the changes to the requirements.  I have confidence in my color belt curriculum, but I know I need to work on my black belt Poomsaes and my weakest practice is my self-defense.  I'm going to have my black belt by the end of the year. I've passed before and I know what I need to do. I set a routine and I do it; I want my black belt, so i have to keep it as one of my priorities. It's going to be longer than I have to do before, but that's the challenge. This whole year, part (a lot of a part) of my life has to be dedicated to Taekwondo.  So it not just about if I pass, It's about how much I can and want to improve.  We just finished the Pre-Test, by the end of this cycle or...

 today I woke up at 6:30 we left to go to the park I was really good with my forms i think i can make it after the 10 week cycle im read bring it i am really pumped up (i dont reall

In the morning when I woke up and got ready for the pre-test, the running part of the pre-test was pushed back to the 13th of January because of the rain. I didn't really study for the written portion of the test so I studied a little bit in the car driving there.  When I got there I was a little nervous, but for the most part i was fine.  I was pretty confident with everything I did so at the end of the cycle i hope i do good.

I must say I am proud of myself so far. I have found myself taking this cycle extremely seriously, to the point where I tie what I have learned in the book I am reading (Atomic Habits) to my requirements needed for the cycle. While I am sore from starting the cycle, I know that this first week will be the hardest, but everything that comes after will be much easier. There is a ton of excitement for me with the future of the cycle, primarily since I don’t know what to expect, and there are many other black belts on cycle that make me want to strive to improve. Who knows what the future of the cycle will bring, and I am ready for every second of it……

Good Morning King Tiger Family. Yesterday was a great beginning with our pretest. I felt pretty good with the physical requirements and my poomsaes. Always room to improve. I still need to work on self-defenses. I need to adjust some of my stances and hand position 

I was reallly working i think over worked something  when we were doing burpees i thought the pre-test was hard but i came through in the end i might get my black belt if i dont stop. i saw fimallier faces i was scared i waas ready it was scary but i think i did well on the written test but still got stuff wroun i will try again next week i also practised with messiah  on self defenses  im ready for it next week bring it-_-

I was up and out early this morning for the pretest! Everything went as expected. Grandmaster Evins gave a great class. After I got home, I took Jovi to his piano lesson. Then I got some bb requirements done for the day, did some work, and worked on getting Christmas decorations down. I didn't get that done last weekend as we were out of town. Going to be a multi day project. Great job at pretest everyone! 

First I woke up and got ready to go to the pretest.  When we got there I started to get ready for the physical part of the pretest.  We started doing our push-ups, plank, jump rope, pull ups, burpees, sit ups and V sit ups.  Next, we changed into our uniforms and then did our written pre-test (I got an 80 yaay).  Then we did a class.  When class was over we headed back to King Tiger Lake Norman and I helped with Little tigers and I did some of my physical stuff. FINALLY, we got some food and went home where I worked on some more blackbelt  stuff.  Then I just relaxed the rest of the afternoon watching you tube shorts.  Now I am off to bed!

today we had our pre-test which i think i did fine on except for the written test. i went home, went to sleep again, woke up at 1:30, and ate lunch. i had a basketball game for rec at 3. i made 4 3's and we ended up winning 64-61. i went back home and wrote on of my essays and had tuition. i watched tv and tried to get in some requirements. pretty good day i guess.

Today was the first day of black belt cycle. I was really nervous because I remember it being really intense. Today we met for the physical testing and written test. We did not do our run because the track was under water when we drove by this morning due to raining and cold weather all day. We have to do our run next Saturday instead. I felt confident in the physical part of the test because I knew what was coming and I knew that I could do the requirements. The poomsae part I was nervous about because I was not the best at it during practice the day before. I did surprise myself on pullups doing 3 instead of just one like on the last cycle. I am excited and nervous for the weeks ahead. 

Today was the day of the black belt cycle pre test. I was exited but at the same time worried. I woke up and fell back to sleep to hear my mom saying stop oversleeping. I got ready put my dog in her crate and gave her a dog treat and got in my car. I stopped at chick-fil-a to get a biscuit and hashbrowns. I arrived at Grand Master Evins dojang and my mom told me that breakfast was over. I got out and entered to see a lot of familiar faces. I practiced with one of my friends on self defense and we soon started the pre test. We first warmed up with exercise, then went into the written exam (which I think i did horrible on). After that we did poomsaes and i think i did really well on them. My mom soon picked me up and I...

It was Saturday morning and I woke up at 5:40am to the words of "PARKER WE GOTTA GO!!!!!." I immediately jump out of my amazing and comfortable bed when I heard those words. "I'm up I'm up!" I said as I finally get up and I go in the kitchen to make a egg and cheese biscuit for breakfast. When I finished breakfast me and my dad hopped in the truck to go to the Black Belt Pretest that starts at 7:00. While I was in the car my friends from TKD where blowing up my phone saying "Are you here yet?" And "I'm soooo nervous what about you.", and yes I was nervous but I said "No." As we arrived there we did the physical test which I think I did the best on that part of it then we did the hand-written test I didn't do so good on...

Happy New Year! It's a great time to start our black belt cycle. I started doing requirements on 1/1. The last time I tested the cycle ran during the summer. I'm loving it being cold for runs. I'm already liking the winter/spring cycle better. Today, I did my usual of getting Jovi out to school. I came home and did some exercise requirements. Spent a good portion of the day getting some work done. Fixed dinner for the family. Went to a great Friday evening black belt class with Jovi. Hope everyone has a great start to the cycle. I'm feeling really upbeat and wishing everyone the same. 

Just testing to see if it my journals post yet. I'm kind of using this week to prepare and organize myself. Doing a few requirements but trying to not overdo it. Wednesday was the first workout of the year (and since and November) and I can feel it.  Closing chapters to things. Preparing for this journey. I'm so excited for the new year! 

Trying to familiarize myself with the BB site layout. Saturday is coming and it's going to be a beautiful day. 70 degrees, with a slight breeze from the west. Birds chirping overhead cheering the candidates on. Or, it might be a balmy 20 degrees, with sleet pelting you sideways, with vultures circling overhead. Either way, it's going to be memorable

So today was a go go day at work, got home and worked no a car, made dinner, and was a happy to get a little requirements in not as  many as I wanted. But still ok.

After black belt class today I was able to spend the rest of the day with my daughter who came home from college this weekend.  I'm taking her back to Greensboro tomorrow, so I'll miss the Mint Hill Park training with Master Dege and Master Burkhart.  I always look forward to that training.  Master Dege and I are really polishing up our creative form.  We're both really happy with how it turned out.  We just need to make sure we are spot on with timing and position.  

hey guys!! today i went to sparring and black belt class. i was able to knock out a lot of requirements during that time. there were actually guests that came to our house today. and they just left. so now i resumed to doing my requirements. hope everyone had a good saturday!!!

I'm reading the Alchemist for my essay.  So far I like it...it's adventurous. I still have some requirements to finish for today.

Good Day. I just came back from Jr Instructor camp. It was super fun and I am really very very tired. I am trying to keep myself awake and will probably hit bed soon.

i didn't go to sparring today, but i did help out and go to bbc. after this we're going to pick up my sister from jr instructors and maybe go out from lunch. well, it'll be 3 so maybe lunch-midafternoon snack. midlunch snack? lol, nm but i'll see you guys tomorrow. bye

I'm really excited that there is a black belt class today for requirements. I'm dying my hair today! We bought the purple dye yesterday and I'm going to have streaks in my hair. I'll see everyone in class.

I wasn’t able to journal yesterday because the storm took out my internet.  That storm was pretty scary.  We almost evacuated part of the hospital.  On the bright side, no internet and no cable left plenty of time for requirements!

The weekend is here! I was beginning to think it was gone forever. After a mentor session nobody else came to kickboxing class so I did a personal workout to get in some jump ropes and sparring rounds. After that I went to dinner with some friends which was really fun. 

Today I woke up ready to head to school only for no one to be there, we then went home. I read my phone saying there was a 2 hour delay today because of the tornado damage yesterday. To my surprise later on I heard all CMS schools are closed due to weather conditions. I did my run, my requirements and played playstation.  I will get 2 more essays done this weekend.

After a mentor session today,   The saying came to my mind that I have seen before. If you do not balance your way first then your movers are flower fists and silky legs.

hey guys! today was a fun day. we didn’t do anything at school, it was more of a chill day. i went to tkd and knocked out a mentor session. im planning to go to sparring and black belt tomorrow.  well that’s about it! bye! 

Well today I had no school, because of the tornado of yesterday. I was really light headed because of what we had to do. It was really tiring that we had to sit in the same uncomfortable position. I had a major headache and I slept as soon as l got back from school. Right now I am going to king tiger taekwondo for the jr. instructors camp.  

Today was a regular day on the cycle. I didn’t have school today so I decided to work on my essays and requirements before I went to Jr. Instructors Camp today. I woke up at 7:30 today because I thought there was school but they called and said no school because of the weather last night.

Today I awoke with a start because someones phone went off from a call from a school saying there wasn't school today. I was ready to wake up already because of a two hour delay but its what ever no school! Today I'm going to get stuff done and relax!

Today we had no school. I was really happy about that, but I hear from my mom that I will be going to TKD early since she has things she needs to do. I started studying for the written test, it's a lot of stuff! Good thing I'm doing it now instead of stressing at the last minute like I usually do. 

Busy day today! Amazon came by to finish setting all my stuff up, the Spectrum dude came by to try to fix my internet issues (he's here now), and after that, I have to go shopping. I'm going to see a life long bucket list item, Andrea Bocelli!! I cannot believe that's happening. While waiting for all these guys to show up, I was able to get some requirements in. I ran outside, that really hurt my lungs because the air is cold. I have a feeling my run time is going to be slower than my pretest because of that. It felt like I couldn't get any air. 1 way to find out I guess, here's hoping for a warmer day on physical test day!

Good Morning. This morning I got to sleep in a little more. No school today for us. Yesterday we had to stay in the tornado position for an hour or so. I have been working on my assignments now and will start my requirements soon. Have a good day!

3 hour delay today!  My breakfast this morning is yummy!  I have school and then I have to get ready for Junior Instructors camp.  I’m excited to go!  Going to get some requirements done before school today.

Today was an out of the ordinary day. We got the warnings at work and were told to go to an interior room. Thank goodness since one wall of my office is windows. We stayed there for a while, and since we had our cell phones, we listened to the weather and heard that there were some tornadoes that touched down nearby and maybe in Charlotte. Some of those in my office left for home after we were cleared to go back to our office. I went back to work, but I did leave due to flooding so I would be home before dark. I had no issues, but others weren't so lucky. I logged in to work when I got home too. As if that wasn't enough excitement for one week, it is possible that I will be the only one in my office tomorrow. Since Trump is supposed to...

Today was a long and scary day. We sat in the hallway for 2 hours! A lot of my friends were crying because they were so scared. Good thing there was no tornado and I was able to go back to class. My mom told me we are on a 2 hour delay tomorrow so I get to sleep in! I am excited about Jr. Instructors camp tomorrow, I always have fun.

Today there was heavy wind and raining at my high school. I thought it was only a storm but I heard there was a tornado warning everywhere. It didn't really affect us as much. After school I did my requirements and finished my school work. Then went to sparring class.

Today we had a tornado warning which really turned into a real tornado and it touched the ground though it was about 5 miles away in Gastonia. I was seated under a table and a lot of people were scared except for my class. hope everyone was safe during that time!!

Today I woke up and went to school. At school there was a tornado warning so I had to go to a small room and crouch down with all the other fifth graders. When we were 1 hour through we got to sit up. We still stayed there for like three more hours though. After that we went back to the classroom and watched a movie while eating lunch and playing games. Later, when I got home I went to lake Norman for sparring class. So that’s all for now!

Today was a scary day. It was raining very hard in the morning. When I got to school we had math and science as normal. BUT...... When we went to ELA there was a tornado warning! We all had to go out in the hallway and duck and cover it was painful we had to sit there for 2hr my back started to ache. At 30min the tornado struck. There were very hard winds and strong rains. It was so strong that in the 1st grade hallway part of the roof flew off the main building!! The first graders were very scared most were crying they were all getting soaked. For 5th grade people were crying but not as much. After the 2hrs it was already 1:30. Past lunchtime!!!! So we had lunch in the classroom. So our teacher let us play on the computers for the rest of the time....

Was going to take the day off on requirements and work on a car. But got some in after I found out the auto parts store sold me the wrong part????‍♂️.  Hopefully you don't have the right part tomorrow.

well, i'm journalling again today because some pretty interesting things happened (atleast for me, idk ab u) but i was in the middle of english and suddenly the teachers start corralling everyone into the halls and they're not telling us why so we stay huddled in the hallway for 2 hrs and it's way too dark for 11am outside. some people start crying bc they're scared and we eventually learn that it's a tornado or tornadOES, plural. after that i ate lunch in a classroom and went home early and did my requirements and now i'm here. besides that, someone brought in a shoe box to spanish containing nike air force 1s. they were in men's, and they were size 13. i'm not going to say much, but whoever that person's giving the shoes to must have way bigger problems than the rest of us (if u get it, u get...

Today was a crazy day,in the morning it was drizzling and went outside for P.E and played taps and tag.then we went inside that’s when all the madness happened,ten minutes later after our class started the rain started pouring down and the power went out at my school and house.and we had to go to the front of the school,and there was a lot of kids.after an hour and a half we went back to our rooms and ten minutes later we had another warning ⚠️.and we waited for 45 minutes and the warning was over and we went to another class to watch moana.then the power came back on.the we left and had to wait outside in the pouring rain.so bye hope there not going to be a ???? tornado 

hey guys! wow didn't expect for a tornado to almost hit us. we had a 30-minute tornado cover warning at school. but anyways all of the tests that i took today were surprisingly easy- which is good. i didn't have any homework when I got home so I started on my requirements right as i came home from school. hope everyone had a great rainy day!

so i'm currently at school rn while writing this, but don't worry school hasn't actually started yet so i have a lil bit of time to journal before classes start. things have been busy but i will journal tomorrow, or at least really try to. good morning to yall and i'll see u later

Good morning. Yesterday I finished all my requirements. Did my mentee session as well. Today is going to be a long day again. Have a good day!

Another rainy day!  I wish it would snow!!!  Not much new today.  I have school, soccer practice, and black belt class.  If it keeps raining I will probably not have soccer practice.  All my essays are done, and I only have 10 Miles to go.  Feeling pretty good!

Today in class we worked with Master Hartle. I did back leg side kicks, poomsaes and self defense. After class I went home and finished my requirements. I'm tired and ready to get some sleep.

Today I went to school and worked on a few projects. When I got home I got ready for dance class and ate something. I also received my report card today. After I came home from dance class I took a shower and ate dinner. Later I did my homework, projects, and requirements. So yeah...

I’m really sick but I still go to school because I need to get a good education but besides that schools really good everything’s going pretty smoothly not very much homework but the homework I do have pretty easy I have a test tomorrow that I’m prepared for and I hope I did really good but besides that yeah pretty good pretty good can’t wait to have black belt tomorrow bue

I had a really good day today. School wasn’t difficult and I didn’t have much homework. After all of my daily afternoon stuff and tkd classes (which were really fun) I got to go home. My dog for a while has been very shaggy so today she got a haircut. The hair stylists pretty much shaved her and she is super soft now. I’m also jealous because of the shampoo which smelled amazing. Anyways today was great and I love my dog.