Candidate Journals

Today i went to school. I had a test in Business Law and i think i did pretty good. After school i came home and i worked on my homework and my requirements. I went to Tae Kwon Do class and it was fun.

Today i woke up and went to urgent care from what happened last night and my foot is broken. I'm done with the blackbelt cycle.

I know this doesn't count. We accedently forgot to go to sparring class, so we decided to do a 'requirements night' were we did our goal, plus a lot extra.

Yea!!! this is my last journal entry. Mom made me get up early this morning to get dressed and ready for school. Today is her day to go into the office. I went to school and tool a math test . I think I did pretty good. Came home and took 2 classes at Master Shin's. Got a lot of requirements done. Can home and had a milkshake. Now I got to go read for 30 minutes and study for my Social Studies test tomorrow. Wish me luck.

ok so i make a journal entrie at the end of the day too. yippie. so yeah we forgot to go to swimming and tdk so yeah my moms mad at me. honestlly there are some kids that dont do ANY sport soooo... are there parents like mad at them all the time?

uuuugghh.i have kind of a lot of homework, i have a headache, and my moms trying to force us to go to swimming. ugh. i want to to go sparring instead. school was nice, as usual. my sister and i twinned to day. it was fun. we wore black shirts, dark blue jeans, and matching scarfs, earrings and braclets. i have a ss test tomorrow, and a bug science ttest for MY BIRTHDAY!!!! what a HORRIBLE birthcady present. horrrrrrbile. on monday. whyyy? about boring stuff like pathogens, and viruses, and tcells, and AIDS and ugggghhhh. hope you didnt have a terrible day! ;D

Today in the morning I walked with my neighbor, Mr. Rogers, when we got to a line that was near Tuckeseegee Rd. we turned around. We also saw a blue copperhead with a gray square pattern in the blue color. We talked most of the way and I enjoyed this walk. I hope I get to walk with him again.

Today I had a Statistics Test in math. It was pretty easy. In science we did a counting turtles lab. It was cool.In ELA we had a Prepositions quiz.I am pretty sure I did good.

Whew! Ran 4 miles this morning, and knocked out a lot of requirements early! Definitely needed some extra Spark today. Got my 10 page essay started as well. I will get most of that taken care of tomorrow night and on Saturday after yard work. Getting ready for black belt and PMAA classes tonight.

I've practiced tae kwon do almost half of my life. I've been an instructor about half of that time. I try to live the life that would be exemplary of a Master, but when someone harms your kids, all of that flies out the window. Noah expressed to me yesterday that he was being bullied by an older child. He was being teased due to his small stature. Luckily, Caleb was around and told him to stop and it ended there. I then found out Caleb saved Noah another time. This time, a child was on top of Noah covering his mouth and nose so he couldn't breath. Caleb pushed him off. (I'm still pissed off as I type). I told my boys if at any time someone touches them and they feel threatened, they can do whatever then need to in order to be safe. ANYTHING. Even if it means...

i dont want to forget to write a journal entrie so im wrting now in art. i have art major:) its year long art only eighth raders get it. so yeah i think im gonna go to tdk today. i went to seim yesterday. my face froze off cuz it was soooooo cold. it was so cold i could have opuked it was like jump in and like screeeeaaaam that was only have your body tho then when you dive back in. omg. my eyebrows like froze off.

The day was horrible, didn't have too much homework, but we had swimming.(we actually always have swimming, but it's just tough to squeeze it in. I have no days, exept for Sunday's, were I don't do anything.) from 6:15 to 8:30. Torture. If you went outside tonight, it was freezing. (Not actually, but it felt like it) and we were swimming outside. It was supppper cold, my face felt like it was going to fall off. I did a few requirements, and at swimming. So that was my terrible day!( it actually wasn't because I ate cheescake, so that's good:)

Hello everyone who is reading my journal. ok today i went to school had some mild fun with my friend kyle and rachel in sciincein LA i used my friend james for a footrest and everyone thought we were dating or bf and gf. which we are not so it was just awkward. well good night. sleep tight. dont let the bed bugs bight.

Tonight we worked on bow staff forms in pmaa. It was fun but I need to work on twirling. Badly lol

Today my parents celebrated their anniversary so I got to spend the evening with Grandma. We went to dinner at Outback and I got ribs. Mmmm, yeah. I ate too much. We split a fudge Sundae with raspberry sauce for dessert. I got unlimited shrimp with my meal so had two shrimp as well. It was one of the best meals I have ever had.

Man...there are just not enough hours in a day! Does anyone else feel like that sometimes? I know time management is the key to surviving the black belt cycle. Or at least one of the keys! :) Got another essay done today! Tomorrow i am planning on doing the physical test to see if I have improved overall. Hopefully my times/reps are already increasing! Doing them spread out over the course of the day is definitely much different than a one minute all-out time. We will see how it goes!

Today was pretty easy I got up got dressed and did all the morning stuff then I hoped on the bus.  When I got to school I went to my locker and did all my stuff then when school was over I went to tkd and did tae Kwon do.  Then I came home and ate dinner and now I'm here.

Well my book is full, are we done? Day 70 for those who did the pre cycle venture, would have liked to be further along but happy with the progress made. Up early to knock out pushups, situps and pullups before work. After work it was off to Home Depot for many supplies- - - our house is in disaster mode and trying to get it back together. Tomorrow will be very full day and more focus on tkd, gotta balance it all out.

Today, i had a science test in school. I know i passed! I went to sparring and i was exhausted! I ate at Denny's for dinner.

Some kid hacked the school computers at my school lol. He changed the schools website and stuff it was so funny. But anyways had a great day today and did the usually requirements. 

Really bummed. Tried on three pairs of my "Fall" work slacks before I found a pair that fit. One pair would not even close at the waist. How can I feel so healthy and do so many kicks, sit ups and push ups and not fit into my clothes? I'm getting bulkier. I'll never be skinny, but I would like to fit in my nice pants. Just bummed. Enough whining for today. It's been a good week with the cooler temperatures. The classes have gone well. A lot of running around over the next week. 

Today i went to school came home and rolled my ankle hard. I hope i can still do my requirements.

i went to school and came home and did homework and requirements and i went to art and i came home and my brother hurt his foot

Today I think everybody was tired except for me I was on the ball on everything we did, even getting complements from other teachers and students. I got home went to go play a couple games of basketball, I'm so cose to dunking the ball on 10ft.

I went to school today and I had a fun day. After that I did some of my daily requirements. And then I ate dinner and played with my baby brother. I had a fun day today.

Today I went to a regular class and then sparring and then helped out in a class. I also had my last mentee session. In sparring we did like 5 rounds today. In the normal classes we did a lot of poomsaes. With my mentee I did Chagi Sool and Hwa Rang Poomsae

Today i went to school and thats really it going to black belt class tomorrow and going to get a menthe session

Had a good day today. Helped out for 2 classes at Master Shin's. Got the Kama weapon on yesterday. I've been watching videos trying to learn the moves. Wish me luck. Time to do some studying for my Math test tomorrow.

Today I sparred at King Tiger. Sparrring to me is relaxing. We did five rounds tonight. I need more hyper classes, I'm going to have to check into that.

Stretching takes time... Feeling loose, after being in pain for the past hour. Remembering to breathe is the hard part. I wish there was a fast track to being able to do side and front splits. :)

Today I had a baseball game so I didn't go to class but I am still not feeling well and I hope I don't feel like this in the morning because I will refuse to go to school feeling sick like a dog

Today I went to school and had a fun time. After that I went to Tae Kwon Do and helped out class and then I took Black Belt class after that. And then I went home and ate dinner. I had a fun day today.

Today was my dad's birthday (not telling how old he is). We didn't do much except go to a Middle Eastern restaurant. In Social Studies class we learned that two Syrian refugees SWAM to get to Greece. They were trying to rest on one of the two islands that belonged to Greece. Well they never made it to the islands, but were picked up by the Coast Guard. Right now they are living in Germany. Had my first mentor session with Master Knight. In Black Belt Class we went over Hapkido. That is all for me.

so its my dad bday(in6 days its mine) and we got him an oreo cheescake, and since we moved, we have no lighter, so because of that, everyone decided to save the cake for tomorrow.(im like waaaat?!?!?! noo!!)today was super confusing. so we went to get our pictures, im gonna admit, i dont look toooooo ugly. than, we anted to get jasons deli for my dad, and we didnt have clothes, so we had our dad get us clothes(which is supper confusing)and when he finally arriveed, it was like, what, 7:20? and we had no time to eat, so we went to PMAA in jeans and a non TKD tshirt. and it was super confusing. and my mom got us kettle cooked chips, not baked. i HATE kettle cook.ewww. baked is sooo much better.bye.PMAA was great.

Today was pretty good I got up did all the morning stuff then went to the buss stop.  The buss takes forever when I get on because we make like 20 million stops with like 3 people at each stop.  It's ridiculous.  When I got to school it went fine did all my regular school day stuff.  When we got to tae Kwon do I did my homework, ate snack an all that stuff.  The I took class after class I stayed for sparing class and in the middle of it I got called for pictures.  Pictures were fun because we got to choose weapons to hold and I had to take a pictures with my sister and when we were doing them we held weapons and it looked like I was going to chop her head off, it was cool.

It' been a good day. Learned a lot in both the black belt class and the PMA class. People are so nice to me and willing to teach. Some times I feel like I'm bumbling along. Got in some requirements today. The change in the weather helps so much. It sucks to have a hot flash and get sweaty before I even get started with class. Got my flu shot today. I'm determined not to get sick. Last year it took me 3 months to get over the flu. I don't have time to be sick

This was the first time that I had gone to class in a week because o wasn't here and it was good to be back and I started my whitebelt challenge today.

Today I mentored Gregory. We did poomsaes and self defenses for the session. We worked on yellow belt, green belt, blue belt, and red belt. The poomsaes we worked on were Il Chang, Sam Chang, Oh Chang, and Pal Chang. I worked with him on pal Chang a little bit and taught him a little more things so he can be able to soon know the whole entire form. We also got through red belt self defenses until the session was over. I can't wait to see him tomorrow.

Today, i went to school and we learned a new topic in math. When i got home, i did my homework and my requirements. Then i went to black belt class. I got a leadership 2 in the family class!

Today was picture day at King Tiger. I was one of the last people to go. I did several poses and used a few weapons. I used the sword, the dagger, sias, and comas. The picture I liked the best was the one where I had one hand on my waist and one hand in a backfist. So my favorite picture was one without a weapon. One of the bad things though was the fact that my mom didn't let me let the background I wanted. I wanted one with two dragons, one blue ice dragon and one red fire dragon. Mom made me chose between a background with a twister in the back and a background with blue smoke. I picked the blue smoke and a second one with the earth disappearing behind me. That is how my picture day went!

Happy to be back in class tonight however do not know which is more challenging Inst. Hsins red stripe or sparring class- - -whew tired. Lot accomplished today and feeling better, not quite 100% but will take it.

Tonight in black belt class we got a LOT of requirements in. It was fun doing them with everyone and helping each out..

Started moving some more things out of the dojang and into storage unit. Will definitely feel that in the morning. Got a chance to mentor 2 of my mentees today. We worked on basic forms, Bochodan 1 step self defense and special self defense. My new goal for this week: Before the weekend ends, finish all essays except for 1. I'm definitely getting closer...once I finish them I know I can breathe a little more. Still some more work to do on Hapkido (mainly 17-32), and need constant work on Pal Gwe forms because they keep running together! Headed in the right direction, though...

The leg is feeling ok lately. I still have to be careful with hop steps and pivoting, but is is a lot less sore at the end of the day. I hope I can add falls at the start of next week. May even try a slow jog.

Today i went to black belt class worked on some hopkedo learned some new stuff

Today i went to school and tested.  Then i came home and went to tad to do requirements and take class

Today was full of tests and we're also getting ready for our chorus concert that we have in about two weeks.

Today was full of tests and we're also getting ready for our chorus concert that we have in about two weeks.

Today was full of tests and we're also getting ready for our chorus concert that we have in about two weeks.

i went to school and i came home and i did my homework and then did requirements, then i went to class and knocked out some more requirements

Had a good day in school today. I got a 100 on my Map project. So happy about that. Came home and took and help in 3 classes today at Master Shin's. Got a lot of requirements done.

Just another average day of school. Nothing too special really. I played basketball in 4th block and i did pretty good against the older kids lol. I might try out next year if i practice more this year. 

Today we had MAPS testing. It was the longest 2 hours of my life. I am glad I am finished with them though. We also did a reading passage in ELA

Well, Master Shin and I disagree on 'favorite times of the year'.. lol I already miss the 80 + degrees. Two days in a row now I've had to leave out in the morning with jacket and long pants on. I am already missing my shorts and tank tops. Needless to say, I think I am a summer gal. The cold weather makes my bones hurt, and I think each year it gets worse. Got my morning workout in, and finished my basic requirements. Yeah! I need to work on poomsaes and self defenses - having the balance issues has put me behind. I am glad to be able to walk a straight line again. (or close). I've got to work on jump ropes too. It is not a pretty sight to see me try to jump rope and my knees hate it. Lots of work to get done today... no...

I am loving the fall like weather. The cool crisp air energizes me and want to be outside more. It makes me want to be with family and friends to reconnect and strengthen our bond. I feel refreshed and young. Fall is my season. 2015 is my year!!!

Busy day! Feeling great to be sitting down finally. A day well worth the effort...

Tonight I watched the Finals of American Ninja Warrior. No one had ever beaten stage 3 before in all 7 seasons. But tonight it was different. Tonight 2 people got to the end of Stage 3. The two people were the modern day Popeye, Geoff and part of the Wolf Gang, Isaac. Both made it to the top of Mount Midoriama. Geoff was the first to climb and he climbed 75 feet straight in 30 seconds. He had 0.35 seconds to spar. Geoff was the first American to ever beat 'the mountain'. Isaac climbed next and made it in just over 26 seconds. So Isaac was given the title American Ninja warrior and he won $1,000,000. In the beginning ,there were 38 contestants that got to try Stage 2. Then there were 8 that got to try Stage 3. Only two made it to Stage 4 and both of them made...

Last minute internet breakdown, don't even know if my last entry worked.

Today was nice, they split up the guys and girls to talk about dress code, and WHY dress code...all that boorring stuff. Basically, how I interpreted it, the guys are making the girls suffer, we have to wear jeans, full length, because those shorts that we are allowed to wear are just super hideous. Anywho, (hehe, I really wanted to say that), life was nice.TKD was fun, pictures tomorrow! I'm finally getting them because I'm an actual black belt.hope you had a nice day too!

Today was a okay day. School was longer than it usually is and I didn't get home until 9:30 i am also sick.

Today I went to school from 9:15 to 4:15. After that I went to Tae Kwon Do. And then I went on a one mile walk with my dad. I had a fun day today.

Today I didn't feel well so I didn't go to class and laid down I hope I feel better tomorrow because I have a baseball game and it has gotten worse and worse

Today was pretty full today I got up got dressed ate breakfast and went out the door when I got to the bus stop the elementary kids were still there and it was like 8:10  it was weird

I am finally able to truly work toward getting my miles done. The heat has really made it a tough go.  It is hard but I am determined to make it.

Today it felt like wet very slow because of lots of review for upcoming tests this week. It has been a lot of studying but I feel I will do well.

Today, I went to school and i got to play my electronics! When i came back, i did my requirements and my homework. Then i went to hyper.

Today I got up early as usual to do requirements then after school I went to two classes and helped them both and got both leadership credits.

today i went to school but Saturday i had a sleep over at my friends house and i went to bed at 4:30 am on Sunday and woke up at 7:00 am. So that threw me off when i went to school. When i went to school i nearly fell asleep in class, i definitely fell asleep on the bus though. Then since it was a Monday i had homework and after i had to go to T.K.D. that was rough.

I went to school and came home and did requirements then went to the Boy Scout court of honor

Just got home from taking the Hyper Pro class. Master Evens had us doing a lot of kicking. My ankle is very sore. Dad is filling up a bucket now for me to soak my foot. I'm going to use this time to do my close my eyes and do my meditation.

Fall temperatures, finally! Love the cooler temperatures and decreased humidity. I went to the Festival of India yesterday. Great food, wonderful performances and art. It was a beautiful day for a outside festival. Got some requirements done tonight. Decided to be silent for a day for my empathy training. I can't do any of it during a work day or a day when I'm doing work at home on the computer. So after great thought, I plan to do it on a Sunday when I go to church. This should be very interesting.

Today i didn't do much i`ll most likely be going to black belt class tonight.

It was so cold today it wasn't even funny. when i walked out my front door it  felt like walking in a refrigerator. School was ok. I got home and did pull ups and other stuff. Mainly pull ups tho 

I saw Dr. Schuster again this morning. I'm already walking better on my sprained ankle and the pain has decreased significantly. The ankle is still very swollen and I'm going to have to be very careful as I move forward through the cycle. Since my foot is elevated most of the time, I have been taking advantage of the idle time and have been focusing on essays. Now my essays are almost done! When I'm up and about again I can get back to my physical requirements.

Well today was not so great- - no work- - home all day in bed sick. Finally go up around 5:00 and decided to try a run since the chills and fever were gone. Actually felt good but will not talk about the time or distance. Maybe the sweat will run the crud out of me. Very disappointed had to miss class tonight but know better than going to the dojang sick. Selfish for not wanting to miss class but not fair to the others to spread the germs. Going to make some dinner then off to bed in hopes that tomorrow will be better.

At school today we started playing four square with my friends for recess. I was third in line and was ready to play, when I was first in line I waited for someone to get out. It didn't. Take very long and I even got into king. I served it to a kid named Tony and he served it to Ryan who was in Queen. Ryan got out that round and Tony moved up to Queen. Then he got me out. I stepped into the back of the line and waited to be first again. Before I was hoping to play soccer but instead we started up four square. I wonder what we will do tomorrow.

At school today we started playing four square with my friends for recess. I was third in line and was ready to play, when I was first in line I waited for someone to get out. It didn't. Take very long and I even got into king. I served it to a kid named Tony and he served it to Ryan who was in Queen. Ryan got out that round and Tony moved up to Queen. Then he got me out. I stepped into the back of the line and waited to be first again. Before I was hoping to play soccer but instead we started up four square. I wonder what we will do tomorrow.

Today in school I did a virtual lab again. It was super fun. In math we did a review for our test on Thursday. At school we also have MAPS testing tomorrow. I wonder which one is tomorrow.

A good start, I met with my friend and we worked out... got a good number of my requirements done. From there... well, I'm trying to stay positive ! As the morning proved to be more and more stressful, I ended up needing to give TJ a ride. He headed out at noon to the Army location with his recruiter to take his ASVAB test. I hope he does well. As for me, one hour at a time today...

Chilly again this morning! It was actually kind of nice. Warmed up by taking class with some of the other masters and instructors. Got to work on Pal Gwe Oh Jang, staff & short stick forms, NebuJin, and a sword form! Testing is so close though....already starting to get nervous!

Mondays are always exciting because you get to set the tone for the rest of the week. Today, I started my morning with training with Master Evins and some of the other school owners. Only a few more weeks before testing in October. I'm still motivated and excited to test again.

today was a pretty easy day my friend and I played Xbox in the morning.  The we ate breakfast, we had eggs it was good.  Then my dad picked my sister and I up and went to a church picnic.  They gave us ice cream it was really good.  We went back home after that and then watched a movie, mall cop 2

Today I woke up early even though I slept really late. Every year there is a festival in downtown Charlotte called the Festival of India. There is dancing, singing, food, and clothes. It is from Sept 12-13 every year. On Saturday, I went there at 10 am and didn't leave until 7 pm. Today was better since I got there at 12 pm and left at 6 pm. Today I went with a friend since my parents didn't want to take me. I ate a lot and talk with my peeps. That all I did today and yesterday.

What a glorious day! Beautiful weather while getting a lot completed around the house with some exercising in between. Looking forward to a great week!  

Today didnt go as i would have liked it to go. We went to someones house to eat lunch. When i came back, we went to the tiles shop. Then i did some requirements and then went for a run. When i came back, i ate dinner and i am going to sleep now

Last night I had a sleepover with my best friend Carter. We got to stay up really late and had a whole bottle of root beer each. We stayed at Carter's house. It was really fun because we played MineCraft. On the second day Of the sleep over we were going to the Nether (in MineCraft!). Carter was kind of always messing up. He died over ten times within two hours. We made it to the Nether and I got to experience level ten. We had root beer tonight but I liked Carter's better. I'll have to ask him which one he buys. That is why I enjoyed my sleepover with my friend.

Today when I woke up I got that 5 page essay near finished I have about a paragraph left then later we went to my uncles house and we watched football and then I came home and I am watching more football

Today the weather was absolutely beautiful with a great breeze. It was perfect running and basketball weather and to top it off with great Sunday nght football.

My day went like this: I slept in, got two essays done. I took a break from requirements today and watched Television for the rest of the day.

My day went like this: I slept in, got two essays done. I took a break from requirements today and watched Television for the rest of the day.

My day went like this: I slept in, got two essays done. I took a break from requirements today and watched Television for the rest of the day.

I came home from my trip and i worked on my homework

Very unproductive day, still feeling under the weather, so took it very easy. No idea what I was thinking heading to the grocery store a little after noon, yikes- - - zoo was and understatement. Between after church crowd and everyone under the sun getting last minute beverages and snacks for the game my cart ended up with a hap hazzard mess. Just happy I made it out in one piece. Lesson learned - - - dont do that again.

Football is finally here. Pretty good day today. Cooked up some wings with my brother and his family and watched the Panthers win. I is always nice to share a win with family. Still some more football to go. It should be a great night!

Today Logan Callie and I were running when a dog named Maddie started following us and she was still there when we got back to Logan, Parker, and Callie's house. We decided to play four square but Maddie stole the ball and deflated it. We started to chase her to get the ball and put it in the chicken coop. After that I went home to eat dinner.

I sprained my right ankle in class Thursday night. I tore ligaments medially and laterally. I am seeing a doctor that Master Evins recommended who said he could cut my recovery time in half but that his treatments would be painful. The first treatment on Friday proved that he wasn't lying. He attempted to reconnect soft tissue and ligaments manually through the swelling by appplying intense pressure with his hands. I felt like screaming. But I'm determined to heal quickly and make it to the test. The only thing that will stop me is if Master Evins tells me I should wait until April to test. If that is his decision, then I'll honor it and continue training hard until then. Until I hear otherwise from Master Evins, I'm not giving up. Push-ups on my knees and sit-ups everyday until I am more mobile.

yesterday i had no internet connection so today i will make a journal for yesterday. i went whitewater rafting and it was fun

So I keep on forgetting to journal. Bad. Today was gud. The weather was really nice I hope it's like this for my b day. Nice and cool. I can finally wear jogging a without feeling hot! Or scarfs (the pretty kind)!

Got up early this morning and discovered it was actually cold outside! Did not expect that. Doing some research today for an essay learning about Wharang Do. Hopefully I'll also have some time to start organizing part of the garage. Man...you never realize how much stuff you accumulate until you move. It's been 3 months since I moved into my house, but of course I still have things to either find a spot for, donate, or organize, etc...

Today i didn't really do anything but I'm getting really close to being done with my requirements