Candidate Journals

Today in the afternoon I got some poomsae practice in and also finished one of my essays. After that I was just chilling and playing with my dog until I had to head to school for marching band practice. Just a normal day, we ran through all our songs and got a new one. After I came home I had like a small break and then I went to black belt class. It was pretty fun today kinda. We went through a bunch of basic kicks and twist kicks and stuff and then self defense and hopkito stuff. It was nice though because I finally did the shoulder throw from hopkito 4 right🥹. Now I have to practice some dance because i have a recital this weekend. Lowkey still haven’t done formations for one part of the song so I’m kinda scared. That’s all for today!

Today was black belt class, and we learned about the reverse hand lock technique and how to execute it when being attacked in a close area of motion. We also went over both self defenses for Bo Cho Dan.

Today was okay because I had to go to school and got my bag checked, Later I then went to band after math and ELA. In band I learned that tomorrow we will get our insturments! After school I went home to dads house and ate dinner, Then I got changed and went to taekwondo for 3 classes today. In class I got kicked around a little but learned a little about each person.  After Taekwondo I ran 2 miles and went home to do my jumprope and other. I am gased out but I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Ok i just started getting the hang of all my classes and tkd and all my other stuff. its a lot but i can handle it. anyways im excited to go to black belt class today!!

helloooo. its super close to midnight and im still up doing homework cuz i had to go to work right after school and came back at 7. my calc teacher gave us 8 assignments to do in 1 day due at midnight actually so i JUST finished that. i have to do some AP lit homework now and its soooo long. we have to analyze Aristotle and i LOVE to read but i cannot understand a single word this man wrote :/ anyways off to go figure that out. wish me luck i hope i can sleep before 2 at least.

​Today was exhausting, but a good day overall. ​We started off at work trying out a new game with the kids involving cones and bear crawls/crab walks. It went well enough to keep in the rotation as a quick filler activity before bigger games on Game Days. ​After that, the kids went swimming. We had the pool area to ourselves for most of the time! The slide was closed, which bummed a few kids out at first, but they got over it quickly. Post-swim, we headed to Enso for snack time and introduced another new game. It took a little explaining and a minute for the kiddos to catch on, but it went well. We’ll definitely give it another shot on Friday. ​When I got home, I put in two more hours of yard work and knocked out some requirements after that. I’m pretty wiped from the last two days. Only...

Today was pretty normal. After i woke up i did some chores and finished this movie i was watching. Today was my open house and my friend and i are starting a club so we called to make some flyers we could print out and hand out today since we would have a small little booth. I finished my requirements except for run before going to open house. My classes are pretty cool this year and they are all close to each other so good walking distance. I wanted to make it to class today but unfortunately couldn’t. Thats where i get my poomsae and self defense. minutes from and im falling behind on those as well as my mentee and mentor sessions. I’m getting pretty worried. Anyways after i came back i had a simple dinner and was watching watching this cool show with my dad, about to go to...

Today I walked 2 miles and then I made progress on my song. I added to the beat to kind of evolve the melody of it. I went to 2 open houses today to try and pick my school that im gonna go to. I might go to Hopewell because it looks like a better school overall. After those two, I went to have Dave’s Hot Chicken and it was really hot. I couldn’t finish the food because it was too hot. After that I finished my physical requirements at home.

18 Today was such a boring day. I had to wake up early to finish a project I started for a non-profit. I had to spend an extra hour at 5 in the morning to finish volunteer work. This made me verrrrrryyyy tired. I was so tired throught the school day I felt like falling asleep. Atlast, came the final period of the day and I was so excited to leave school, that I fell asleep. Nobody woke me up so I missed out on notes. Luckily, when I got home, I took a nap and after my amazing nap, I did notes and learned the topic. 6.3/10 day

Three more days of summer camp. We can make it. It was a good summer, we had a lot of fun in Group 2. Quite a few of my kiddos made huge jumps tbis year, some in confidence, at the pool, in class, in maturity. We learned a ton of new games this year for Game Show Day...probably my favorite change to summer camp this year was adding that day. We made some adorable crafts and some really cool paper airplanes. Several of my kiddos are ready to test. One who was shy around anyone but his best friend kept coming for more weeks and is now signed up for regular classes, love that, such a great kid. The last two days I have been running on empty but I came home, cranked out requirements while dinner was in the oven and even got some essay work in, nice little reset....

Today I woke up for school and went to school. At school we started getting into the phase, in which you start learning. When I came back I had a class. Then later I had swimming class. Then I played soccer with my friends.

Today was better than the last few days. I enjoyed my time at the dojo, assisted then took class. Both were helpful but my ankle was bugging me. We had to do 50 jumping jacks, and I was basically doing them on one leg to avoid weight on the other. Burns out fast haha. Also was modifying some of the warm ups, which didn’t feel good to do but I know I need to for now. I’m grateful to my instructors who’ve been kind about that. Anyways, it’s wild that the cycle is almost halfway done. Definitely hasn’t felt like that long. And I feel like I’m in a good place training wise, I’ve improved a ton and still have half the time left. Hope you all are doing well :). Im off to snoop through some journals haha.

another school day...i woke up late and was rushing to get to school today. still getting used to driving to school. school was pretty bad today and i ended up with so much homework. it seemed like my calc bc teacher was speaking a different language. anyways, i came home and did some requirements before going to my silambam class (another martial art that i do). i then came home and did homework. 

Today was pretty rough. I had a pop quiz in AP Seminar (it's the second day of school) and overall have a lot of homework. I also had a meeting with my advisor today, and it went okay-ish; she told me about some things that I needed to fix, and that was really it. When I came home, I immediately had to start getting ready for TKD. It was pretty fun today, but I was really tired, so it was kinda hard for me to focus. Anyway, now I'm home and working on some homework for civics and seminar. I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Hello everyone, today was pretty normal for me, I woke up, went to school and did all my classes and was pretty successful. After school I finished up my homework, sadly I wasn't able to go to TKD because testing was going on, but I will most likely go tomorrow and I will definitely go on Thursday. Then we went to our grandmas house and ate dinner, went to the gym and ran 2 miles and did my exercises then went home and showered, see you all later.

Today at school, my schedule got switched up a bit because apparently my English class was too small. The school had to dissolve the class and because of this they made some adjustments to my classes. I'm not to fond of this but it is what it is. These past couple nights I have not been getting great sleep so when I came home from school it was a struggle to knock out my requirements. It took some time but eventually I prevailed and ended up going on a run tonight. Hopefully I can get some better rest tonight for a better day tomorrow.

    I had yet another day of school so I woke up half asleep and ate my breakfast before heading to the bus to school. School was low key although our math teacher Ms. Miller did give us our first homework which is not a good look on her. But other than that I got to King Tiger and finished my homework until my dad picked me up. Me and Jaden, my mentee, scheduled a virtual call so I could knock out a mentee session with him. I think he's going to do great testing on Thursday as well as as many others. Good luck. After that, I finish some of my requirements in that leaves us here me sitting at the dinner table eating some ice cream journaling. Good night 😴

I was really tired today, I don't usually have to take naps, but today I did. I got all my homework done, I just have to get some more notes done for AP Bio, but I'm not in a concerning spot, so I can do it tomorrow. I have to do so many notes for AP Bio you might as well just call it AP Notes instead, bleh. Anyway, got my exercises done and went to my grandmas house for dinner, and it was really good. Goodnight and try to get good sleep tonight and every night, cause you don't want to be excessively tired especially during black belt cycle.

Today I had a weekday blackout class after school and right now I am doing all my running require requirements and physical requirements and other stuff. I also had a mentor session.

Today was probably the first school feeling school day. I had three classes today which were spanish, history, and business. One thing I like about what college professors do that high school teachers don't really do (at least in my experience) is how they put out a detailed schedule of all the assignments they are going to give as well as due dates and days we probably won't have class, when the final exam is, etc. Sometimes my high school teachers did this but the schedule changed a lot and they were not very detailed in the assignments they put on it so I wasn't really able to plan ahead. On another note, everyone at my school is sick but they come anyway so its pretty much spread around our entire school since we have a small school. I was feeling pretty sick for the last couple days but got my requirements...

During my 2nd day as a white belt, I actually got to participate with real white belts.  I was able to help both them and me during the breakout session when we went over White Belt Self Defense.  I was the attacker tonight (I'm usually the defender), and I was shown something tonight that, as the attacker, I didn't even realize.  I'll always believe you can learn more by teaching something than just memorizing, then doing it, especially if you're doing it by yourself a lot.  

Today I woke up early for school and got ready, once I left for school I then got dropped off and walked through the metal detectors. After school though I went home, ate, and went to taekwondo. At taekwondo I did all 3 classes which was really fun. After class I went to this track really close to king tiger and ran a mile before leaving to go home, I just took a shower and now playing with my cat, Cheeto. I hope everyone had a wonderful day!

Happy Tuesday! School is definitely feeling like school again. Notes, quizzes, tests, projects, presentations, and worksheets all this week. Struggling a little bit with keeping up with a few requirements but overall not too behind. After school today I came home did my physical requirements, went for a very hot and humid run, ate dinner, and finished some homework. Going to bed soon, trying to get back onto my school sleep schedule. Remember to be drinking lots of fluids before and after you run, Gatorade Zero Sugar is really good to replenish your electrolytes. Also making quick little snacks like protein balls or having easy smoothie recipes can help when you are on a tight schedule! I hope everyone had an amazing day! ~ Peyton

Today I was able to help assist in the junior tiger class by helping a yellow belt with their stances on Il Chung and was able to get a leadership credit by leading warmups in the senior tiger class. I was also able to get a mentor session to learn staff form l.   

Woke up ate breakfast and sadly went to school. It was so hot at recess. I went to King Tiger after school and got some requirements done before color belt testing. My Mom brought me dinner so I could eat before testing. I met with my mentee. I helped out with testing and got a leadership credit. I came home and worked more on requirements. I am tired and will sleep well again. 

Today was amazing. I woke up did some push up to wake up. Then ate some breakfast. After I went I went to school. Then after school I went to my schools soccer try outs. Then did my workout for my soccer practice. Then my coach said i did great at try outs.Went home me to eat then enjoyed what time i had. 

it’s been a while since i last blogged. but im still kind of getting in the swing of things as the assignments pile up. but still keeping up with requirements and such. also i started my week as a white belt. it’s kind of weird to not see color on my uniform. 

Today was such a Monday.  Kind of reminds me of a line from Alice In Wonderland...the Mad Hatter tells Alice that she used to be "muchier" amd that she has lost some of her "muchness."  I was definitely lacking in muchness today.  But the day was not lacking in "Mondayness."  I got some requirements done this morning before work...no miles today, this heat is way too hot. Hoping to get some in before work and the heat tomorrow.  I hope that you have a lovely Tuesday!

Today I got some good sleep. After J had breakfast I did some laundry and watched TV. Later on I did my requirements and got ready to go on my run. I’ve been seeing so many reels of all these people going on really long runs and having really fast time and I’m over here nowhere NEAR their level. Obviously they are more trained but my mile time has gotten just plain embarrassing honestly. I went on a run around 5:30 and thought i could make it back in time to go to class. Boy was i wrong, It was so hot I had to keep taking breaks and even stopped at a gas station for water, not fun. In total I did a 5k but definitely one of my worser days. Didn’t make it back in time for class and definitely need to find a better time to run. Really...

Today I woke up a little late since I went to sleep pretty late the night before. Somehow, I did not feel very tired for most of the morning which was pretty surprising. Today at school I only had one class which was college math (math 171 which is pre calculus) and it was 2 hours long. I got my requirements done after school and went to black belt class and after class I worked with my mentee zohra. (zohra if you're reading this go practice your stuff) After I got home I went for a super quick run because it looked like it was going to rain so I only did one mile. I got 8 minutes and 8 seconds. I'm gonna try to get it to 7:30 by the end of the month. 

I didn't get great sleep last night so I was a bit more tired than usual for school this morning. All of my classes really picked up today and it is starting to feel like typical school again. After school, I cam home and did some of my requirements. I forgot how much time school takes up so I need to make a routine in order to account for the daily requirements. Later, I went to King Tiger and worked on hapkido. Master Marcus and I started to go over hapkido number 6 and 7. That was completely new to me but I'm sure with enough practice, everything will be all good. After that, I came home and finished up the rest of my requirements and I am now about to go to bed.

Yesterday I came home from a sleepover took a little rest. Then I got ready because we needed to go to a picnic. At the picnic we came and ate food. After I met some old friends and played a few games. It was very hot so I got a snow cone from a snow cone truck. After things got a little boring so we went to a nearby playground. once I t got hot again we came back and talked till we had to leave. Once I got home I rested for a bit then ate dinner. Once dinner was finished I read a book and went to bed.

Today was a pretty normal day. As always returning back to school after a weekday is a hastle. Carpooling with my friend was fun because we got to talk to eachother during the time in the car. After I went to school, we did all classes like normal, but today, in Ap Comp Sci,  we played IMPOSTER. It was so fun because when I was the imposter no one could guess that is was me.   Overall it was a fun day.

Today I woke up for school but I was really tired. So I had a decent day at school, nothing much to look forward to, just more stuff to worry about in the future. From school I would have had tennis class but it was too hot today, so it got canceled. So I went to black belt class instead. Then I came home and I socialized with my family.

Today, I went to school, and I got all my work done for the day pretty early, including my college courses I'm taking outside of school. I also was able to get caught up on most of my stuff, and I got another mentee session in, so that's what I'll be focusing on getting for a long while. Not too much to talk about today, other than school and stuff, but nothing really eventful happened today, it was pretty chill, and a chill day is a good day, goodnight!

​Took the older kids to the park today—wow, was it hot! 🔥 🥵 I stayed in the shade and drank plenty of water, but the kids were actually running around playing soccer. Absolutely crazy; I would have passed out! Looking forward to indoor swim day tomorrow. ​Got home and put in about two hours of yard work. By the time I finished, I looked like I’d just stepped out of the shower. Grabbed a bite to eat, hit my requirements, showered, and then bed. ​I need to make sure I pack my protein shake for work tomorrow. I forgot it today, and I can definitely feel the difference. Goodnight, everyone—hope everyone sleeps well!

Today I had my first Monday of the school year. Then I went and did a help for class and then I did My requirements and now I’m going to bed.

Today was ACUALLY a really fun day! Today I woke up at around 6:40 and got ready and did my physical work and my mile with my Friends including Ira! After I got ready and took a bath and also practiced a bit of poomsaes before drinking my smoothie and went to school. After school I had a class to attend then I went to assist with junior tigers then attend a black belt class and had a mentor session with renuka. After I went home and played with my friends dog, ate dinner and went to bed.

Today I woke up at 7 in the morning and went for my mile run. Today the whole day for some reason my calves hurt a lot. Like when ever I walked or ran they just hurt and burned a little bit. Even though it hurt I still y pushed through the pain and ran my mile and got a little longer time of 10.30 something. After my mile I did my requirements and finally got my first 100 jump ropes in 1 minute and 30 seconds, my new PR. After I went to school and it was pretty fun and boring. We didn't really do much but after school I ate a snack and went to my robotics class. I got to the state tournament and my team and I placed 4th in the whole of North Carolina last year so I was hoping to win states and go to...

Today was a good day. I woke up and ate breakfast in school.Then at the classes was fun since it was the second week of school for me. After school I went to TKD for my black belt class and then did a game for fun in the end of class.After that I went to do my workouts and relax after the journal. 

Hello everybody, today was good, it was pretty normal, wake up and go to school and see friends, do homework and focus. I will say one of the best parts of the day is coming home from school because I feel much better at home then I do at school. I finished up my homework, but at the cost of not being able to go to TKD, I had a lot of notes I had to take for AP World History. After that we ate some dinner and then hung out as a family, I hope you all had a wonderful day, goodbye.

My teachers definitely jumped right in to curriculum today! I came home with loads of homework and assignments that we just didn't finish in class. I tried to get as many requirements done at TKD as I could but I got home and started school work around 8p.m. I probably won't get to all of my requirements so I'll be pretty behind on burpees but hopefully Tue-Thu I can catch up since those afternoons and evenings aren't as busy for me. I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the week. Thats all for tonight since I have still have some homework to finish before I go to bed! ~ Peyton

Today I had a Black belt weekday class, in which we went over traditional Bo Cho Dan self defense. I helped assist the teaching, after mostly recovering from back pain, and had gotten my fourth mentee session, teaching my mentee about her self defense (Hapkido 2).

Tonight, I had my first practice as a White Belt.  Expecting things to be different and actually experiencing things being different was an eye-opener.  For one, tonight we had more students than I'd ever seen in any class I've participated in.  Master Foster said that's because a lot of them have returned from summer vacation.  As a good white belt, I stood at the back line in class with one other Bocho Dan "white belt". After that is where the confusion began.  I practiced in group sessions with the one Blue Belt we had in class.  In the group session, we went through Taegeuk Oh Jung and Hapkido 1.  As a white belt, I didn't know if I was supposed to struggle like I didn't know the poomsae or the self-defense or help her with the poomsae and the self-defense.  Since it was just the two of us, I used that...

Today was my first day of sophomore year! It was a lot of fun to see all of my friends again and see how my classes are going to be, but I am a little scared because I know that I am going to be REALLY busy this year. When I got home, I did my requirements and got ready for TKD. I got to help with the shin kickers class and the white belt class, which was good because I got leadership and class assistance credits. When I got home, I had to look over my slideshow that I have to present tomorrow for my club sponsor and my principal, so wish me luck! Now I have to finish annotating 3 different essays for AP Seminar, so yay. Anyway, I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight! 

    Here is a quick recap of what happened yesterday. So after I Journal yesterday I was an excruciating pain however about two hours later, I ruptured my eardrum. I was in excruciating pain and it was difficult to fall asleep. I woke up this morning and went to a doctors appointment feeling better than I had yesterday. However, it was confirmed that I did have a ruptured eardrum. I then went home and tried my best to complete my exercises for my black belt cycle and was able to complete 3 miles by walking. However, I will need to catch up on my jump rope tomorrow. It is going to be a little difficult for the next 2 to 3 weeks since I have mild hearing loss in my left ear. Anyways, hopefully it will heal in about two weeks. Good night, sweet dreams.😴  

Woke up ate breakfast and went to school. I had an ok day at school. When I got to King Tiger, I played chess and then went to a class. I had to do all my requirements at home. 

Had a very busy weekend. Included 8 hours of driving to Greenville and back to participate in the special Black Belt testing at Master Lee's dojang. Had a great workout yesterday. Felt stronger and better endurance. Increased my weight and reps across the board. Medically cleared to begin jumping and running, so will begin to add these to my workouts.

Today was pretty uneventful. i went to church, went to a class, went to a festival. then i went home and did my requirements. weekends are pretty boring when theres nothing to do. but still going strong with practice!!!

I am up very late because I just finished homework, which I wasn't aware of until tonight because it was an online course that I didn't think started until next week. Apparently we had a whole module due today so I had to rush and finish it tonight. Today I had fun hanging out with my friends. We went to publix and mc donalds and also played volleyball but it was super hot out. Later in the evening I went for a run, running is starting to get very enjoyable. This is defiently something I will keep doing even after the cycle is over. 

Today I just rested. I had planned to do a run but it was just way too hot and i’m only 1 mile behind which is really easy to make up. I wanted to go to sparring class today but it apparently got cancelled today because they had a competition or something so now I am 3 classes behind yayyy… I got to practice driving though because i drove to my class. After I was lowkey switching between just chilling and practicing piano every now and then. I watched half of this movie with my parents though. It was kinda annoying though because i kept getting reels about running like genuinely my entire fyp was just about people showing off their good running and giving tips like im not already bad enough at it🫩🫩. I played cards with my mom and grandma and got started on one of my essays about...

I didn’t really do much today I Hung out with my friend and swim at his school and then got my requirements and I’m going to sleep

Today did my daily routines, went to my buddhist temple to help out an event happening in a week, after that I decided to relax the whole day at home to get ready for the whole week.  

16 today was very fun. I woke up, very excited knowing I have a function planned. I did my tkd requirments and actually did extra because I was so excited and need to burn off the extra energy. After hitting a nice workout, I took a shower and got ready to go to the function. The function had so many of my friends and the food was so good. Overall a 7/10 day. very fun

Day Off! I took the day off today after yesterday.  I was worn out, it's been a lot the last couple of weeks, all good, just a lot.  We did a few family chores, napped, went to the movies and grabbed an early dinner. Soup for me, my husband described my voice as "operating at 30%" today.  I got all of the pics that my husband and son took uploaded...only 634.  That is a real number, lol.  Once I go through and take out the blurry ones and shots of the floor and whatnot that number will come down, some.  I loved  getting to see my son for a few hours and Jason was so happy to see me test, he was doing Navy stuff for the last one. My oldest couldn't make it but he will be there in October.  Jason held  one of my boards and so did my...

hellooooo, i finished my requirements in the morning and went shopping with my family. i worked on my apps and studied for a bit. i just finished my homework and am about to head to sleep. im dreading school tmw ugh. goodnight!!

Today I woke up early and ran a mile. then I came back home and cleaned up the house. Then a guest came over. Then I played with my friends. It was a short and simple day.

Today was a mid day. I woke up ate breakfast and ran my mile and did my physical work. In this hot hot heat. It was really hard. After i freshened up around 1ish and played outside until like 4. After I played Roblox and then practiced sam Chang and memorizing the whole thing! After I cleaned my room while calling my friend picked out an outfit for school packed my bag and then practiced a bit more before going to sleep.

Today was kind of boring. I got to sleep in this morning, and when I woke up, I went on a walk and did my requirements. I finished up my painting from yesterday, but I had to run to the store to grab some glitter for it. After that, we went to a BBQ cookout with some of my mom's old friends and got some amazing food. Then, I went home and watched a movie called "Don't Say Good Luck", which was really sad but really good. Anyway I hope everyone had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today wasn’t great tbh. Didn’t have much energy. I did try making curry tho, and that turned out amazing. And I spent a little time in the sauna at the ymca today, was also pretty nice. It’ll be nice to see people tomorrow.

Today was a great day. I spent most of it at home with the family. We cleaned off Christian’s desk to make room for a computer—we don't have it yet, but hopefully soon!​Later, my wife and I stepped out for a few hours to look for gems at Goodwill. I’ve been substituting other exercises for pull-ups lately, so finding a pull-up bar there was a total score. The Denver Goodwill never fails—there are always a few nice finds.​Once back home, I knocked out my physical requirements, played a few online games with Christian, and grabbed a shower.​All in all, it was a solid day. Group 3 is all mine tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to mixing things up with the kiddos now that Charlie is heading back to school. I hope everyone had as good of a weekend as I did.

On the way back from Greenville yesterday, my family and I stopped about half way because some of our extended family lived in the Durham area. We visited and spent the night with them and then in the morning we hit the road back home. I was pretty exhausted from what went on yesterday but I managed to get my requirements over with, especially with the increase in minutes. I went shopping for school materials that were needed in some classes and when I got home from that I was ready to relax for the evening and try to get some good rest before school tomorrow.

Yesterday and the day before I'm pretty sure I forgot to journal but I think that's because I went to Atlanta. Today I woke up late since I arrived back home from Atlanta around 11 and went to sleep at 12. Yesterday my cousin sister came to visit us since my grandparents came so yeah. Today After I woke up I completely forgot to do my run and just did a bit of my requirements. Due to the Atlanta trip im a bit behind I think I should be able to catch up sooner or later. After I ate lunch and headed to concord mills with my dad and cousin sister. We went to a few stores then I got a mango smoothie. After we headed home and I started to do a lot of homework that my teachers game me. I worked on this thing called a one pager and...

Today I woke up and ate breakfast. Then i went to go do my workout for the cycle. After a long black belt training I went to eat lunch. After that I went to my pool for a swim. Then went to go home ate dinner then went to write my journal.

Hey everyone, today was pretty chill for me, I woke up and went 4 miles, it felt really good to get back into air conditioning after that because it was 104°F. Then we went to church and had a good time, after that I went to some ones house with my dad to talk with them and their family. Once we got home, my grandmother came over and then some friends came and we had some dinner. Today was good, I hope you all had a wonderful day, I'll see you all later.

today i went to my sat prep class in the morning. because i lost a lot of time in the morning there i had to do my requirements after lunch. i then went to the temple with my family. after coming home i finished up my homework since i have school tomorrow 😢

I'm officially half way to being done with my journals! I went on another walk today to catch up more on my miles I'm missing. Church was good, I had fun in class, and it was a good lesson, cause we are learning about Job this week, and for those of you that don't know who Job is, he was a righteous man, who prospered and had tons of animals and money, but he was also one of God's best servants during that time. Even though he was nearly perfect, the devil took everything away from him just to show God that even his most faithful servants will turn against him when faced with hardship, but Job held firm, and didn't waiver, not when his sheep were burned, or when his camels were stolen, or when his kids died, or when he was covered in terrible blisters from head to toe...

Today I tried to recover some of my requirements that I missed while I was injured. I planned on doing the miles forst. So I walked 2 miles in the morning and 2 miles late afternoon. I am slowly but surely going to try and finish all my missed requirements.

We had a couple of unexpected visitors in church today (at least they were to us parishioners).  Mayor Rob Harrington and former Governor Roy Cooper stopped by to say hello and remind us of the importance of voting this November.  Rob is a member of our church, so we've known him for years.  Governor Cooper was very nice and a few of us got to meet him after the service was over.  

Happy Sunday! I slept in until 9:30a.m. this morning and got up for a run. It was quite hot and my body was still tired from the long day yesterday so I only got in 2.25 miles. I got some other requirements done afterwards and then had lunch. I finished the rest of them and then unpacked from yesterday's trip to Greenville and helped clean up the house. My mom and I went on a little coffee run in Birkdale and then came back to relax. The rest of the night will just be relaxing and getting ready for the week! Make sure you guys are keeping up with all of the requirements! It is up to the max amount of minutes on push-ups, sit-ups, burpees, jump-rope, pull-ups, plank, and miles so make sure you aren't getting behind!! Have a great start to the week tomorrow! ~ Peyton

Yesterday was pretty good. So I woke up at 6 30 or so and change to my uniform so I could go to the black belt class, before I went to leave the house I drank an energy drink. When I got to the black belt class we did kicks, poomsaes, stick forms, and study guide. After class I went home, changed, and ate some food and chilled a little, I then a few hours later went and did my other workouts for the cycle. thats really it.   Today I woke up and went down stairs to find some food for breakfast. I then ate and did this wooden puzzle cafe thing, That only took an hour or so, I then went and did my workouts early so I didnt have to do them later. Then I went down and my dad and I went to a restaurant, we got...

I had a really good day today. I ate a banana and ran a mile. I had breakfast when I got back. After breakfast, I did my requirements. I had to go to Costco with my Mom and that was a nightmare. It was so crowded. The rest of my day I just chilled. 

    Unfortunately, today I woke up with an ear infection. However, I tried my best in participated in the pool competition and tried my best to fight through the pain. As the day went on, the pain got worse, and I couldn't bear it anymore so the day I will have to do all of the requirements that I didn't complete today I at least got my poomsae, kicks, and self-defense. Hopefully tomorrow it will be better and I can get my stuff done.

Today I did my daily run and routines for the cycle, after that I went to work, workout and hang out with friends the entire day

  I woke up for sparring. Then got my book signed. After that I did my workout. After my workout I went to the pool and relaxed. Then after that I went to a golf place called Top golf.

I went to lake norman for my black belt class today and it was nice. After that I had to go toa quick dance rehearsal because I have a recital coming up next week. Then J was practicing piano and i learned how to play champagne coast. My sister left for college today so she was rushing and packing and stuff. After she left I started finishing up my requirements. You would think by now i would be a faster runner but i’ve honestly not changed and it’s hard for me to run faster. Surprisingly i was faster last cycle. I got ice cream and am chilling that’s it, goodnight!

I saw the masters test today! Was really neat to watch. I’ll write more on that tomorrow, tired from the trip. It’s almost midnight (just got home), so I’m skipping the requirements and just going to sleep. Which I will regret when I have to make them up this week, but that’s fine.

​Today was a great day. I was pretty tired waking up early to head to Masters Testing in Greenville, but it was so worth it. I got to travel there with my family, though I ended up crashing on the way because I didn't sleep well last night.​I'm super thankful for the opportunity to go and watch everyone perform. For me, seeing all the hard work and experience from years of training come together in front of Grandmaster Lee was amazing to watch. Everyone did an excellent job with all aspects of their performances, and getting to hold boards for a few of the testers was a real treat as always.​After testing, a group of 12 of us grabbed a bite to eat at a ramen restaurant, and it hit the spot. I ended up driving the crew back home tonight, which wasn't bad at all—traffic flowed well and we only...

Today was the Masters Exam. Me and my family made the trip last night and spent the night at a hotel, so I woke up well rested and ready to test. I was a bit stressed out before testing started, but as soon as we all got on the mat and started doing tae kwon do, all the nerves eased. I thought everyone did phenomenal throughout the entirety of the kicks, forms, creative forms, and breaking. I am super grateful that I was able to share this experience with everyone who watched and participated. It’s amazing how everybody came together, supported each other, and gave it their all. I am thankful for everyone who has been in my life to get me to the spot where I was today. At the end of the day, everyone had a successful Masters Exam, and personally, I had a great time being a part...

Pretty Normal day Today I woke up early and did my tkd requirments. then took a shower and my friend came back from his vacation from out of country. So, me and him hung out played videogames, then later enjoyed playing soccer outside. I took another shower and once it was time I went to a baby shower. IT WAS A BABY GIRL!! Overall a pretty fun day.

Just made it home from Greenville where we got to see the Master's Testing. Everyone did an excellent job! I loved everyone's creative forms and I'm proud of my students for working so hard and for performing so well. I can't wait to see what the do in October.  Needless to say, not a lot of requirements got done today, so back on track tomorrow.

Yesterday i went to blackbelt class and sparring. there i found out that our service project is being done by Mr. Woods so thank you! but we also learned about more self defence. Master Foster likes to make it known that self defense is not a choreography and that in a situation like that, just do whatever is smart to get out of there as quick as possible.

This morning I went to black belt class, which was really fun and helped me improve a lot. After that, I had to wait for Owen's hockey practice, so I just hung out with his mom, and we went shopping. When I got home, I invited a few friends over, and we watched a movie and painted boxes to put our memories in for his upcoming year. When they left, I went on a run and did the rest of my requirements. Then, I had to go to the store to get the rest of my school supplies. Anyway, that was my day. I hope everyone, especially the people who attend the master's exam, had an amazing day. Goodnight!

Today I woke up early for sparring class. After that I taught my mentee his self defense. Then I we helped with the junior tigers obstacle course. Then I ran a mile at Harrisburg Park. Then I got a haircut. Then I went home and took a shower. From there we went out again and shopped.

Very long.day but an excellent one. Super proud of  us today, everyone really brought it and it was so much fun to watch. I am exhausted from the day and will talk about it more tomorrow. So thankful for my family and my King Tiger family...absolutely couldn't do this without support from all of them.

Today was catch up for me. Black belt class was good, since all the masters were gone for Masters testing, It was taught by Sri and Caleb, and it was fun. Me my dad and Jack went to the gym today and ran 3 miles and I played catch up with all of my exercises that I missed. I've almost finished reading The Catcher in the Rye for school, it's good, but a little bit vulgar. I went to a pool party, and had a blast, we did 9 square, frisbee, basketball, and karaoke. I did lose my ring though, and that was unfortunate, but here's hoping and praying someone will bring it to church tomorrow, goodnight!

helloooo, didnt really do much today. i woke up and did my requirements then hung out with my friends for a little. my best friend just got a maltipoo puppy named mocha and she's SO adorable. im gonna watch a movie and head to sleep, goodnight!!

Hello everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful day, I also hope all the people testing for their master belt did phenomenal. Today, I woke up and went to black belt class, it was a pretty chill class but it was still very helpful. After class, I went to the gym with my brother and my dad and did all my requirements, I went on a nice 3 mile run and did all the workouts, even included some bicep curls. After that, we ate lunch at a place called Poke Lakes and it was so good. Then I went home and I finished reading a book that I was supposed to read over the summer but wasn't able to finish, but I'm glad I did. After that I chilled at the house for a while and then went to a pool party with a bunch of friends and sang karaoke...

Woke up at 6a.m. and left just before 7 to drive 4 hours to Greenville, NC! We got there just before 11a.m., the testing was supposed to start at noon but got moved back to 1p.m. so most of relaxed at a little cafe while we waited. Got to Grandmaster Lee's school at noon, started warming up and next thing I know blink its 1 o'clock and time to line up. Testing starts with a bunch of kicks, Yuk chang, and then all of the black belt forms we know up to. I felt really good about my kicks and poomsae and I'm happy with how I performed. Next was creative forms, everyone's was really great! I was most worried about my creative today but I'm proud of how I did and a lot of the nerves and pressure is off now! Lastly was breaking which went well, lots of different and...

Today was a decent day. I woke up got ready for taekwondo and attended sparing class. I also had a mentor session with renuka and worked on some poomases. After I ran my mile and did my physical work and went to smoothie king and got a really yummy yourgurt bowl. After immediately I went to get ready to play outside with my friends, we played with my friends dog and played some games. Then around 7ish I went home and took a bath practiced a bit ate dinner and played Roblox and then went to bed.

I woke up and went to Saturday black belt class. There were a lot of people there even though most of the Masters were gone. I ran a mile after class and went to breakfast with my Mom. When I got home I finished my daily requirements and knocked out an essay. We went out to dinner at my favorite place Firebirds for my Dad’s birthday. I am going to sleep well again tonight. 

I went to the Harrisburg Y at 8:00am this morning to beat the normal Saturday crowd.  I was able to get in my requirements and was even able to get in some lap swimming in the pool.  Let me tell you, swimming 25 meters consistently will get you in shape, and it's a lot easier on the hips and knees.   After that, I came home and helped my neighbor (who just moved into the neighborhood) clean out her garage of boxes and other stuff she either 1) wanted to dump, or 2) take to Goodwill.  Now she'll finally be able to get her car in her garage.

    Today I woke up and got ready for black belt class before hopping in the car just for us to be late. Fortunately, Aiden, Xavier, and Dhann were all there so class was fun and enjoyable. After class my nana took my sister, Layla, and me to rock climb at Cliff Hangers. I had a blast and after I left I eat some more delicious Orange chicken and fried rice leftovers. I did my black belt exercises and got a whopping 2.5 miles done for today as well as completing all my other exercise. Other than that the rest of my day is going to be laid-back and calm. Good evening.

Today I had sparring class. We went over basic distance and how to know which distance is 1. We went over countering your opponents with cut kicks. Then we also learned how to catch your opponent off hairs with punches and clinches.

Today I realised that haven’t been putting in entries for the past few days so I‘m writing this pretty early and I just finished black belt class. i woke up early and we went to go drop my brother off at his Hotel in Atlanta he stays at during the school year. I was so hungry on the trip because I had barely ate anything at home so I kept eating and eating but I was never “not-hungry” during the trip to Atlanta. We met my cousins and abuelos at the race trac gas station. It’s not Buc-ees level, but it feels like if a grocery store and gas station mixed together. We’re on the drive home now. I sadly won’t go to class tomorrow because I have to go two open houses.

I just got to Greenville for the Masters testing tomorrow, I’m pretty tired but I’m glad that I am here. I hope all goes well tomorrow!

Almost forgot again lol. I’m heading to Greenville tomorrow to see the masters test. Pretty excited for that. I thought my ankle was better until I went to sparring. It’s not better lol. It’s been frustrating honestly, kicking used to be my absolute favorite thing to do. Now I can’t do I nearly as well. Even kicking with my other leg is hard because my base isn’t stable. Just gotta keep going tho. Also I made overnight oats for the first time, excited to try those in the morning. Good luck to everyone testing, break a leg! (Please don’t haha).

Today was finally the last day of band camp. It was fun though because instead of running laps we played freeze tag and since it was a lot of people it was really fun. We also got some nice new music. After I went home and ate and just chilled for a while. I have to constantly keep waiting till the evening to run because it is genuinely wayyy too hot. I went with my sister to run some errands a took a nap in the car ride and it was honestly really nice. I finished a good chunk of my physical stuff during band camp as well except for a my full run(i did half at band camp) I planned to run after my dance class in the evening but never got to it because it got dark really fast and I had some things to do. I had some...

​Today was a good day overall. I stuck to my normal routine, starting off by heading to work and grabbing one of our fleet vans that was ready at the repair shop. Once I got back, we took the kids over to the park to hang out for a few hours.​Afterward, we headed back to eat lunch and help out with the older kids. Once we wrapped up picking everyone else up from the park, we spent some time at Enso before heading back to King Tiger.​I took the black belt class today, and it was great—huge thanks to my sister for running an awesome session! To top it off, my brother-in-law came into town today, which is always a blessing. We all grabbed dinner together as a family before heading home for the night.​I’m heading to bed shortly since tomorrow is going to be a long day traveling and watch...