Fall 2024 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!
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Do I have normal days?

And what even is a normal day? Pretty sure normal is just a setting on the dryer.  Anyhow, my oldest started the day going to the podiatrist and ended up with shoes inserts.  We keep trying to get him into the dojang as he shows n aptitude for martial arts, but he's still a bit nervous to come.  The exterminator came after we got home, and we ended up talking about different dog breeds as he sprayed the interior of the house.  He went out to his truck and I hear him call our "hey, did you kill this snake?" Short answer is no as I don't kill snakes (copperheads aren't friendly snakes so they don't count) because snakes are beneficial,but I apparently had a dead black snake with white rings on it in the driveway.  He asked if he could keep it-sure, what am I going to do with it anyways? I asked him what he wanted it for and he said that it was going to be given to his coworker Fred tomorrow in their morning meeting.  And why would we take a dead snake into a meeting as a present to our coworker?  "He likes snakes".  Oh, of course, got it.  So I went to work and saw what looked like a strange colored leaf in front of the door.  Then I realized the leaf had a beak.  A hummingbird had apparently face planted in the glass and was a bit dazed.  I sat with it for a bit (didn't want anyone stepping on it), gave it some water, and petted it.  I took a picture of it then realized it had gotten over the accident it was it was glaring at me for touching it, then  suddenly took off and flew away.  After work (which was also strange, but it is what it is) went to the dojang to take class.  Got a mentee session in with one of my mentees, then home and dinner.

Travelling Without Moving
08/26