Today would have been nice to get some pushups done at work, but that doesn't work out for me very often. I'm still trying to recover from sparring class and then today's challenge. So glad tomorrow is Friday, but January is practically over and still so much to accomplish. Still more to do today and tomorrow is fast approaching.
Well. Regular day today, I guess. I'm a bit behind on homework, which is a bother. I absolutly want to get all my requirments in the green. None of them should be in the orange. Anyhow, I have the weekend to work on both school and TKD, so that's good. Instructor Marcus's class was excellent. As almost everyone knows by now, we did some kick boxing.
Today was so exciting. I was chosen to play the saxophone! I'm very excited. I start on the sixteenth of February. This way I have enough time to go to the store and switch out my clarinet and get my new saxophone. Did the challenge today. We had to do it twice because we forgot to do the poomsaes the first time. It was hard the second time because it makes you so sore. I did so many squats, their are not even words to describe the pain! Then, we were kick boxing and we had to do even more squats. I think i've had to do enough squats for a day. Well, good night.
Started the day forcing myself out the door to run my 3.2 miles....made it in 39:27. I was a little surprised, I thought I would be closer to 42 or 43 minutes, but I had Inst Dege's 40:23 stuck in my head, so....thanks for the push, ma'am! Got to the school and did some push ups, sit ups and kicks. Wanted to do the challenge, but thought it better to wait for my other peeps so that we could do it together. So at about 5:00, me, Master Hartle, Jaylen, Jason and Hannah did our challenge, went great.......until I realized that we did it wrong!!!!!! I forgot to have us do the forms....so we did 4 rounds of jump ropes, air squats and pistol squats all in 5 to 7 minutes.......just enough to get good and sweaty.... Luckily, just before I posted the video, I noticed that it took Mr. Foster 10 ish...
I figured it would be wise to skip class tonight since I'm hacking like a thirty year smoker. I found the challenge on Facebook and had a good time with that one. Those pistons are tough. I was really working hard on doing the double unders. Those look cool, but I haven't learn the technique yet. Maybe next challenge. Master Hartle was flying with that jump rope. Clarify, Master Chelley Hartle. I'm sure Master Conrad Hartle was doing his best:) I would have loved to get up to Lake Norman King Tiger for there sparring, rolls, and everything else they were offering. Hopefully I will kick this cold soon and get in on the fun. Stay classy King Tiger!!
Today is one of those ugh days. Woke up. Did some requirements. Went to school. Came back had a lot of homework. Did some requirements. And then started studying. I have 2 quizzes and a test tommorow. Also did the challage. My legs are still kind of sore from that might be because I did BB class today as well. Anyway sorry if this journal is kind of short. Just trying to study for tommrow. Wanna do good and enjoy the weekend.
Well we survived challenge #2 followed by kickboxing in which someone made us do even more squats. But at least PMAA is a nice relaxing class, right?
Today I did my first sparing class as a black belt it was kinda hard but at the same time easy. We did kick boxing and did roll's and fall's. Im glad I went to sparing class because I'm now in the green in some of my stuff. Also I needed it.
For Heath/Physical Education at my school we had our height and weight measured. I found out I am 5'3! I also ran one mile (23 laps) around the gym to add to my requirements.
Yesterday we had school after a long time. It was picture day as well. Came back from school and went to Kumon. From there went straight to Tae Kwon Do. Did my regular class and then Hyper too. We did a lot of footwork in sparring. Another long day today. I am really looking forward to the Super Bowl
I plan to run my 5K run to get my baseline for the physical exam. Not expecting to break any records. Just getting over (I hope) this cold I have had for the last couple of days. My pre test results were a little disappointing. Push-ups (1 min) 38 V-ups (1 min) 26 Burpees (1 min) 22 Pull-ups 5 Really need to work on my endurance
Today at work was a pretty good day although I got spoiled not having to get the kids up for school for 5 days in a row. My nose is still annoying, but nothing like last night. I think pushups are the worst due to the angle of the head. It would be nice if this is short lived. Rest is required. Tomorrow is another day, but I need to stick to the list better.
Unfortunately today was the boys' home study day so I was able to suffer at home. Head colds can really take it out of you. This afternoon I went to lay down for a short time. Woke up 3 1/2 hours later. Felt good. I think that should be one of our requirements, Nap time. I felt so good I went for a run before we headed out to see the circus down at Time Warner Cable Arena. Great show, the boys loved it. I know there's a lot of controversy with circus', but a kids has to experience it at least once. Disappointed with the clowns. They were more dancers than clowns. I remember clowns being funny, not all this choreography stuff. Well, that's my old school talking again. "Back in my days clowns were funny!" and everything was uphill right? Take care out there my fellow Cycleillians. To obtain...
Quick shout out to Master Chelley for somehow getting me to do the FB Challenge when I had decided it seemed to much during my recovery period. I wish I could feel my right shoulder, but I doubt that will happen without a large dose of Tylenol. I am slowly chipping away at these daily goals but still slow going while I try to not push myself to hard.
Today at school I was leaving my lab and I cut my self on my binder! Boy, did it hurt! I had to see the nurse because it would not stop bleeding. I washed it in the sink and it just started bleeding again. The nurse had to put a really thick pressure dressing on it and three band aids. Then later she took those off, put two more on and now those are off but i'm wearing saniderm now. It's like a clear plastic saran wrap. This way the cut doesn't open back up and start bleeding again. I got scared during the nurse visit because she checked to see if it was deep enough to where it had to get stitches. I was so nervous and scared. Thankfully I don't. Well, good night everybody and stay safe, by which I mean don't cut yourself on binders.
I missed a good opprutiniy. I could have done the challenge but didn't check the Facebook page till now. I have to start looking at Facebook more actively. Anyway did my requirements for today. Except kicking. I forgot all about that. So have to do that after this. Went to school. Got a little overwhelmed when half my teachers said I have quizzes in their class on Friday. I need to study a lot. Excepcially French. That language is so hard for me for some reason. The class itself goes very fast. Today we had to make 2 days worth of lessons because we missed days of the snow. Then our teacher said we would have a quiz on it on Friday. Had a bit of homework to do today. Came back home did my requirements. Then had to get ready for Religious Ed. Class. Came back finished up some SS....
Things are not going as planned for me. This semester is getting tougher than I expected it to be. There are days when I just want to give up everything. But tend to muster the strength back again. I am unable to give my best on many things going on in life. Well nothing much to jot down today, keeping up with requirements well, will be starting my mentee sessions today.
Great day yesterday. No school again yesterday. So did my requirements and revised my study guide. I saw Master Evins post the challenge in FB but my dad was in meetings all day. So i did my challenge after the Black Belt class in the evening. Had a great mentor session and mentee session.
Yesterday was a recovery/get well day. Continued with 24 day challenge. Let shoulder rest for the day. Plan to do the jump rope challenge this morning after my workout.
I left work a little early to get in my pretest run. I completed that in 40.23 minutes. I have had a bloody nose twice tonight, plenty of sneezes and probably gone through a full box of tissues because my nose is now running like a faucet. Maybe that run wasn't such a good idea today. Thanks to the challenge today I have done some jump rope, pushups and situps, but I sat down to work on an essay and keep reaching for tissues. Not fun and not much of the essay done either. I have obviously not run in quite a while and need to get back into running more, but maybe it needs to be a little warmer for me.
This will be short and something due to my head about to explode. Great day, but went down hill after class. Grateful to Master Evins for his Facebook challenge. I terrible about checking Facebook, in fact, I'm not a fan of Facebook. But, this was fun and some good extra credit, so maybe there are some good things about Facebook. Ok, my head is spinning. going to bed now. Take care out there.
No school today again. I ran a bit. Went to sparring and family class. I'm quite tired at the moment.
Long day, but good day. Proud of my peeps for doing the challenge. Looking forward to working out with some of the Master Instructors tomorrow morning! Master Evins just posted some extra credits for doing the challenge on the Black Belt Facebook site....woo hoo! Today is my Dad's 70th birthday.......and tomorrow, Tyce's Birthday! Much Love!
Hello, today I had 2 mentor sessions and 1 mentee session. I did the jumprope/situp/pushups challenge today. I must say, it was a little bit harder than I thought it would be. It really got my arms tired. Today I got in a nice 2-mile run. Did some requirements and other stuff. From now on i'm gonna take this a step up and do more pushups and sit ups a day.When I first read the challenge I wasn't paying attention all that well so I thought we had to do 20 double unders and 40 singles. When I saw that, I was like, oh man, this will be a while. But then Mrs. Master Hartle explained to me the concept. Well, have a good night!
Back to school. Went to school today. A normal day. Had a bit of homework. Went to marching band practice. Came back did my requirements. Went to BB class. Did some requirements their as well. Came back home writing this journal. Have to eat dinner as well. Then finish up reuqments. Had a great day. Hope everyone else have a great day!
I have finished most of what was left of my pretest. I did my push ups, sit ups, squat-thrusts (burpees) and v-ups on Saturday. Today I finished my run. I only have to do my plank and pull ups. I hope for a successful cycle run this year.
This past couple of dayshave bean good for me. I got a lot of things for my black belt done. The reason I do not get things done that much is because I do not have time to do them. I also have basketball,and helping my mom with my brother. But know I have all day to do that
Attempted to do my pretest but didn't realize how much muscle mass being sick for 2 months can make you lose. Not sure if I want to post the results or not cause they are highly disappointing to me (compared to what I could do in November before I got sick). On another note, I came back from vacation to a nail in my tire. Was really upset until I remembered I had road hazard protection for the first year after I bought the car so instead of $200 for the new tire, it will only cost me 50 bucks.
Yesterday was a great day. Woke up a little late and saw my neighbours calling us to play in the snow before it melts. So my sister and i went to sled in our backyard with our friends. We played till noon and then i came home and did my requirements. I did my pre-test run yesterday at 7:24mins. Went to my regular class and then did leadership and then finally Hyper. It was great working out. No school today as well as CMS is closed. Came home and had dinner and watched a movie with my parents. Today is going to be a long day as i have to help out my sisters class at 6pm and then all the way upto Black Belt class which finishes at 8.30pm.
Slipped on the ice and aggravated my shoulder. Heavy snatches and overhead squats left me in pain all day. I did my pre test, but I was limited by my pain. I will redo today.
Logged in completed requirements from last week yesterday. Did not run yet since there was more snow and ice remaining yesterday. I might have to leave work early one day to fit that in. I will have to take my flashcards with me to work and hope I get a chance to review them.
Finally got a 3 miler in today. Weather temperature was perfect for it. The only problem was it was like running through a 7-11 Slushie. Spent most of the morning trying to get my piece of junk car out of the driveway. Chevy makers must be having a good laugh at my expense when they made the traction control on my car. It basically doesn't allow the wheel to move any further if the car feels it's slipping. So, the piece of junk was just sitting in my driveway making that annoying thudding sound and I wasn't going anywhere. Good times. For those who are or will be driving soon, take the no text when driving seriously. During my run, I always face traffic just in case, and here comes this teenager girl, car wandering into the shoulder of the road where I was running. I watched in amazement as she...
Ohhhhhh my gosh. You would not believe the weekend I have had. So yall know how it snowed right? Well, I couldn't go outside at all! I was sick and that was not cool. I couldn't do any requirements because I was weak and had no energy. All day I laid on the couch watching batman. So about the whole hapkedo thing, well, one day my uniform bag was so full I took my Bo Cho Dan out. I forgot to put it back in. So today, I got to wear a hapkedo black belt of some sort. It was cool. Well, good night.
Already tired of the snow....I prefer the warmer weather! Have had a sinus infection thingy going on. Felt better today and plan on doing my pre-test tomorrow. Great job to all those who have done it....I fear that my numbers will not look that good !
Are you serious? CMS is off tommrow while our school is still running normal schedule. That's sad. Anyway had a great sleep inn day. Did my requirements all throughout the day. Played some games and then went to hyper. I also had some homework to do today. Finished up a project then did a class after hyper. Have to get ready for school tomorrow and wake up early. Hope everyone had a great day.
We opened an hour late today. One of my staff could not make it in because of childcare issues. Needless to say it was a tad crazy. We were booked friday, so trying to reschedule that many people is difficult when the week was pretty full already. Doing that while being short staffed is next to impossible. But my staff rolls with the punches and patients take their clue from the staff. If we act like it is crazy, the patients feel that tension. Luckily my staff acted like it was business as usual. We were all late getting out of the office, but they seem to take it in stride. I began to work out as soon as I got home. I hit an all new high with my sit ups and push ups today at 125 each. I'm quite proud even though I'm still not at my daily requirement...
No school today which was suprising. I shoved the driveway of ice the entire morning. A nice layer of about 1 inch, probably a bit less. I did some requirments, not enough really. I heard that there's class today, so I'll be going in just a bit.
Today is beginning to one of the worst day ever. The snow on the ground and my snow balls from the snow ball fight I had are melt away. I don't want it to go away so I better enjoy it wile it last. But before I go I had to wright this journal Entry.
I did all m requirements yesterday. I am on red/orange on pushups, I seriously have to do more of them each day. I will be starting my mentee sessions from wednesday. I have two important exams coming up, one on Feb 9th and the second on Feb 12th. I am overwhelmed in their preparations. The one on Feb 12th is the toughest. Though I am preparing well, I am a little nervous. Today is going to be busy with kids at home, will squeeze in requirements and studying for my exams. Have a great day all.
Yesterday was fun day. Finished my assignments in the morning and then went to sled in our backyard with our friends. We had so much fun going down the sled... We were exhausted and had lunch. I finished my requirements while watching the Broncos game so that I could be all set for the Panthers. What an amazing game the Panthers played. The destroyed the Cardinals and are now in the Super Bowl. No school today. This means i will do extra requirements today as well. My dad said that we have regular class at Tae Kwon Do today.
Wiped out today for some reason. I need to get my throttle revving again. Probably need to change up the pattern I do my requirements so it doesn't get repetitive. It was fun doing my one mile in the snow. It was like running on a slip and slide. Adds a little adventure to the run. I reminding me of that dream I get some times, when your being chased by something down a long hallway and you start running as fast as you can, but you end up doing the bionic man slowmo run. Our school cancelled for tomorrow. Something about the possibility of a random snowflake making it's way to my cars interior, causing a slight discomfort in temperature.
I just got back after 8 days in the Southern Hemisphere off the coast of Colombia. Not going to lie, wish i was still there. Got a ton of walking and running done while on the boat and on shore but wasnt really able to get much done in the way of other workouts. Wish I could count lifting a 18 month old and 3 year old up and down as pushups and i would probably be halfway to my requirements. Had a couple nice falls when the boat was really rocking last night (10+ ft waves can make even a very large ship roll) but not sure if i can count those as falls/rolls. Was very interesting to be in the middle of January and experiencing spring/summer weather on a beach on a tropical island, would recommend it if you havent tried it... To bad the casino beat me...
When I went over to my aunts house I was taking her dog's out. They were close to the fence so I pulled and pulled and pulled but he wouldn't move. I pulled even harder and his leash popped off. I tried to get him but he was too fast. I went home with a sad look on my face I was thinking to my self what was I going to tell my aunt. At the time my grandma was looking for me too. So she found him and go a better leash on him the next day.
My baby brother turned 6 months yesterday. He is acting like he wants to crawl but he's not babies are so unpredictable. His name is Ethan . I also have a dog,so when my brother sits in his lithe baby chair my dog comes up and starts licking him. Ethan is petting him so he starts smiling and he's having a good time. On the first day Ethan came out I wanted to hold him so bad. He looked kinda weird at the time but he grew out of it.
Watching Panthers game right now. Decided to write this during a commercial. Did my physical test today and just have to put it in when my dad comes. Did some snow shoveling today to clear driveway but couldn't get much because of ice. 2 hour delay for school tommorow, even though everyone else is off. Panthers game started, GO PANTHERS!
I went out to jog, and the ice was too bad. Hard to even walk. Ended up doing .8 miles of suicides up and down my steep driveway (which was bone dry thanks to my work of the previous days). Also went for a walk and did 150 pushups and 100 situps while outside. Took a little over an hour. Actually nice and sunny today. Probably wait until tomorrow or Tuesday to take pretest.
How am I going to do all the daily physical requirements and get my work done? Even on these snow days, I'm spending hours doing requirements and I still have not done all my daily requirements. I think I'm just slow. Now I'm in the red in several areas. I'm going to have to do Burpees at the Do Jang, because they are too painful on hardwood floors. I still need a pull up bar. My brain is a sieve. Each night, I study the study guides and the next night it is like I've never seen the material before. Where are all those brain cells that got me through school?? I need to calm down and not panic. If others have done this, I can do It too. Stop whining! Good grief, get a grip, girl! I've gotten 2 essays written and a plan for 3 more. My heroine is...
Well I'm back from my 'run'. The side walk was so covered in ice, it was nearly impossible to distinguish it from an ice skating ring. Most of the time I wasn't even running, I was just walking at a fast pace while trying to keep my balance. Although I slipped several times, I only managed to fall once. No damaged muscles or bones, so that's good. I guess I'll do some studying then do the other requirement testing. I really don't want to put an 8+ time on my pretest, so I'll run when it's run-able out.
It was a great day yesterday. I finished my assignments in the morning and then did my requirements by noon. Then went to play in the snow with my sisters and friends. We sled down the hill in our backyard and it was real fun. My friends and we spent probably an hour or so and drank hot chocolate. Then i went to help my dad shovel the drive way. It was really tough. In the afternoon i did my pre-test. My dad and mom recorded all my requirements. Last year when i did my pre-test i rushed through all my requirements. This time my focus was to get the technique right and do it in the right manner. Very excited for the Panthers game this evening!!!!!!!!
It is motivational to see all of the posts with the candidates pre-test results. Will do mine later this morning. Still don't think I can get my run in today. I will run, but not sure if I want to time my run on ice and snow. Then time to watch some FOOTBALL!
It was nice to get to sleep in this morning. I spent some time this afternoon working on a work issue that will need some more work on Monday, but I will need some help to solve this one. I did not venture outdoors today, but was hoping the snow / ice would go away so I can do my run tomorrow. It was kind of odd doing the physical part of the pretest alone. The cheering section is not very loud and there is no extra encouragement. I did better than I thought I would. Maybe some day pull-ups. I will work on being more diligent about logging in.
Reality doesn't always become me. In fact, I'm not a big fan of it. But sometimes reality can be pretty amusing. Like when you show your kids how to ride a sled down a steep snowy hill standing up. In my head, I see this awesome surfing maneuver cruising down that hill and bringing the sled to a stop by turning it sideways and spraying all this snow at the bottom. In reality, I go about ten feet, then I'm airborne, as I see earth, sky, earth, sky in repeating order. Only to find me sprawled spread eagle at the bottom of the hill with a roar of laughter proceeding my demise. Needless to say, my kids were smart enough to stay in the seated position on the sled for the rest of the morning, not following their fathers phenomenal example. Following my spectacular performance, I came home, cleaned up, did...
Snow day. There are good and bad about snow days. The good is that I get to catch up on requirements and just play with my friends and hang out with family. The bad is that I have shovel the drive- way. It was ice I couldn't finish it all till it melts a little. Anyway today I did my requirements and plan on doing all my physical tommrow except for the running. Other than that had a great day. Hope everyone had a great snow day!
It was friday morning and I looked outside and it was snow no school I thought to myself. The first thing I did was wake up my mom put on my clothes and opened the garage and I felt falling snow on my face I enjoyed the amazing snow. I have this big hill in the front of my house so I ran up it and when I got to the top I jumped,I started to get dizzy it was a terrible idea. So I did it again and I got dizzy but i didn't mind it.
It was fun to see the snow when we woke up yesterday. Played in the snow in the afternoon. I finished all my requirements by noon before i went out in the snow to play with my sister. Then it started snowing again in the evening. I am going to do my pre-test today except running. My dad and mom are going to time me on push-ups, sit- ups, vsitups, plank and pull ups!
Today was on the abnormal side. I went to work and saw a few people not have a good day likely because they weren't practicing patience. Very few people were in the office. I only stayed a few hours and then worked the rest from home. Time still gets away from me. I had a good conversation with Pam in that time too. I did some situps and kicks on that call. I look forward to training with her again. I finished reading my book tonight and should be able to take care of that essay this weekend. Looking forward to a good 8 hours of sleep in a row tonight.
Bogged down with lots of Girl Scout Cookie orders today. Got in some requirements early. Had to make a decision on classes tomorrow in Lake Norman and then alert everyone to the cancellations. Still working now on Girl Scout stuff. Will do physical test tomorrow with the family.
I guess we are now the new owners of a cat it seems. This cat came out of the woods yesterday, meowing like crazy at me, like I was the focal point of all it's problems. I went inside the house hoping it would go away, but instead came to the front door and kept meowing. Katherine and the boys heard it and instantly wanted to feed it. I refused. That lasted for all about three minutes as I was quickly out voted, and next thing we know, my wife's friend is bringing over cat food. So, knowing I was defeated, I built it a box and put some blankets inside so it would stay warm. We fed it some left over scrapes from our pot roast and then some cat food. It ate as if it hadn't eaten in weeks. Now, the thing has me waiting on it hand and...
On monday when we were out of school for martin luther king jr. I went to a museum based off of him. It first was talking about the war and then it was talking about what he did and when he was born/died. It was a cool museum it also had an old school car and they had a barber shop in there too. I think it was the best museum i have ever went to I had so much fun.
Snowing. Going to snow more. Hopefully more. I love the snow. The sad part is doing the driveway. Woke up today morning. Did some reuqments and played games with my friends. Then did more requirements and ate. After that I did some of the driveway and me and my sister did a snowball fight. Was pretty fun. I would say I won. :) Then went back inside watched a movie with family and then did some requirements. About to eat dinner. Hopefully everyone had a great snow day!
Perfect timing for a snow day. Got a lot of requirements done. Have so much more to go. Ran 1.4 miles in the house, to my pets' dismay. I may not run fast, but I can slowly cover some distance. I'd rather run than jump rope for 3 minutes. In fact I can jump for three minute better than I can jump rope. What happened? I would jump rope (even double dutch) when I was a child. Now I don't have the rhythm. So grateful that we can do the physical requirements on our own. I can pick a day that is not too cold for my run. Hope we don't have too many snow days. If I don't work, I don't generate income. But the bills keep coming. My RN plans to go back to school, so I'm looking for a clinical person....plus it is a lot of work and time...
I did most of my requirements Yesterday. It was a beautiful afternoon yesterday, I went for a walk/run to get some sun. Was on the dojang in the evening and met with Master Randle, She is always so encouraging and inspiring. Was following news on snow storm for us and Blizzard ( actually a record breaking one) in DC. My husband is travelling this week and was expected to be home by Saturday morning, but all flights in and out of Charlotte are cancelled. I am worried about him. Today started with extra sleep in the morning and a very late brunch. Kids had fun in the snow for some time, I am trying to keep them creatively engaged so that they stay away from TV and other electronics. I did some requirements for today in the morning, I will finish the mile run/walk and post my results on FB by...
A really long day yesterday. Good day at school. We went to Tae Kwon Do straight from school as my sister had her testing. I led warm ups. It was a good group of kids who tested. From there we went to our swimming class. My master made us do a lot of laps and then we did IM (Individual Medley). We need to Butterfly, Breast, Back and Freestyle. I love doing IM. I am very good in butterfly stroke. It gives you a lot of upper body strength and also breast stroke. We did the IM race with the other friends in class and it is always fun to compete with one guy who is part of the Junior Swim league. We both finish the race together. I finished all my requirements and went to bed. Just woke up this morning to see our entire backyard and driveway full of...
Nice day to get some requirements and some essays done. Hope I can survive with no bread and milk :-) Hope I have a jump rope at the house :-(
I had a productive day at work today and left a little early to help out with the early testing. A good group of kids. From there I went to the Lake Norman school for sparring class. I doubt sparring will ever be my thing, but so far I have enjoyed Marcus' classes. After class I worked out on the back mat. Thank you Leo for some self-defense and conversation. Also found out that CMS is closed tomorrow and so is my husband's work. My company is always open, so my office rarely closes. I won't know until the morning. I brought work home just in case. The call for freezing rain is the big threat.
Don't you just love it when we get a snow system? Every reporters dream. They got every weather expert, road crew guys, government officials, and some guy missing half his teeth chatting up the TV screen. The world is going to end, details at 11. I better get to the store and buy up what ever bread and milk that's left. Or, we can just lay back, do school, and watch the madness unfold. The reality is tomorrow will come, and then the next tomorrow, and the tomorrow after that. But just in case, you guys can have my Chevy Uplander. What a thing of beauty.
Again. I went to school today. Had two quizzes and came back home. So happy that I have no school tomorrow because of a teacher workday. Then when my dad opens the door he tells me some bad news. My dads brother in law passed away (my uncle). It was the same disease that my dads cousin passed away from. The one that happened last week. Except this one was kind of expected. He was in the hospital ever since January 1, 2016. Really sad. He had two kids. One in college and one in 10th grade. The wife (my dad's sister) actually worked in Swiss. The dad and daughters moved to India for schooling. Really sad. Did my requirements trying to get my thought of of it. Didn't work really. Hoping for some snow tommorow.
Despite my best laid plans, I feel like I'm losing ground. My niece spent MLK weekend with me and we had a good time. But I did not get any requirements done. I did not see patients in the office Tuesday, but I did a lot of administrative stuff. Classes were good. I can do my turning kicks, but I'm not as fast as the guy behind me and I feel like I need to get out of the way before I get kicked. Also, after a few fast turning kicks, I get dizzy. Saturday will be interesting. Planned to help with testing tonight, but could not get back on this side of town in time....it is not even raining, but there were a ton of accidents. CMS closed schools for tomorrow and the governor has declared a state of emergency....so I suspect it will be bad. I cancelled my office....
Yesterday was a normal day, I did my requirements. Revised the study guides and got busy after 1:00pm. Was happy to see some light dusting of snow. I wish it was a little heavy and stayed a little longer. The forecast says we might have 'icy-rain" on friday and saturday. Hope it is not too bad on Saturday. Today started on a hectic note. I am hoping to finish my requirements and revising the study guides.
Yesterday in regular class Master Evins was really mad at some of the folks who did not focus and practice. He made us do a lot of push ups. I was really focussed on getting my poomsae correct with all the new changes that i did not see who was messing up everytime. I got my push up requirement done in class because of this. In sparring we did punching and kicking drills with the foam pads and gloves. It was fun. I was really tired after the class. I also did my mentee session before Hyper. It snowed a little and my dad said that it is going to be extremely cold tomorrow and possibly snow on saturday during our pre-test
While working on poomsaes tonight after learning of several things that need to be remembered differently last night in class, I had the most difficulty with pal chang. I guess it will take a while to get that again. I am hoping to get to the dojang tomorrow to help with testing. It has been a while since I have done that and it is a great change of pace. A few more things to finish up on before bed.
That was a nice little frosting of snow today. Just enough for the kids to get excited, then nothing. I think nature is saving it up for Saturday morning when we do our precycle test. That will make it so much more fun. I'm looking forward to the test, but I know I need to pull out the books here tonight and start studying. A little procrastination on my part. Though I never have been a big reader. I wish I did get into books more often. I always have a hard time keeping with the story and my mind wonders off and I have no idea what I just read. My oldest, Connor, loves to read. I'm not sure where he got it from because my wife nor myself never sit down with a book. It makes me happy to see him read. I think it's a different outlet for...
Today I got to sleep in! My first class today didn't start until 11 so I had a great start to my day. It also started snowing! After class I went to King Tiger to help with a couple of classes before I went to crossfit. Death by thrusters was the WOD at crossfit and I will not be feeling my legs tomorrow, so that's exciting. After working out I went to tutor, which I do every Monday and Wednesday for two girls who are students at the Lake Norman school. Now, at 10:30pm, I am home and in the process of finishing engineering reading. This is part of my master procrastination technique that I'm pretty good at. I wish a great night for all those who are staying up late to read journals. See you soon. Natasya
I woke up, went to school, came back because no classes. Did some homework, didn't finish. It was just page after page of reading. Absolutely ridiculous. I wanted to go for a run, but it was like snowing or something so i just sat around doing nothing the whole day. I resettled my horn lesson on Wednesday days so that I can attend class that day.
The (pre) testing is coming up. Hope everyone is practicing. Today I had a great day. Woke up and started snowing. Got really happy. Didn't snow much and went to school. Then when school ended started snowing again for like an hour. Some actually stuck! Did homework had studying for 2 quizzes I have tommorow. Then went to Sunday School (I do mine on Wenesday). Came back and started studying again. Ate dinner and coming back to studying. Also doing requirements in between for a break. Hope everyone had a great day!
Actually wasn't that bad. Warmed up with alternating Hand Stand Push Ups and weighted Plank Holds (35 lbs). Got my arms good and tired. Finished 9 rounds of EMOM 3 Burp 1 Thruster 3 Burp 2 Thruster 3 Burp 3 Thruster . . 3 Burp 9 Thruster = 27 Burpees and 45 Thrusters (95lbs) Lots of Poomse work with Master Evins Tiring day.
Helloooo, today I did my second mentee session with garret. We worked on His 2-step self defense because he hadn't learned it yet. I think I chose wisely on picking my mentee. This way I can mentor someone who needs to work on something and not someone who knows everything and needs to work on nothing. Today was a good day. I got in the 200's of pushups and sit ups and that got me excited. Also, today is my birth day! I'm so excited that i'm 12 now. Now, I can drink coffee!!!! Well, good night.
Yesterday went by so fast. I was busy all day and could not make to any of the classes in the evening. I did all my requirements except for my dearest (and most dreaded) push ups, I stopped after a poor 90. I am planning on starting my requirements with push ups, I tend to push them to the end and just slack in doing them. For the next three days my priority will be to get a thorough revision of the study guides and be ready for the pre test. Just three more days to go, with so much going on in my life, I am very nervous about the pre test. Hope all of you are ready and good luck with the preparation. Have a great day.
Yesterday was another good day. I finished all my requirements by lunch itself. Then played with my sister and watched a little bit of TV. My dad typed my second essay and uploaded to the drop box as well. In the evening we went to Tae Kwon Do. I helped out my sisters class and did my mentor session with Master Randle. Then I did my mentee session as well. Black Belt class was good. Master Evins showed us a few changes specially to the blocks and the way we should kick in one poomsae. Need to practice and get ready for pre-test in 3 days. Going to school now and have a long day ahead of me with Kumon, regular class, leadership and Hyper.
Not much requirements today. Barely made it to class tonight, worked with Master Tucker after class on self-defense then went home and got back online for more work. Wasn't planning on working more tonight, but it was necessary. It is my busiest time at work for the next 6 weeks or so. All in preparation for a meeting towards the end of February. I don't know how I will find time for everything. It gets frustrating after a while.
Not sure why I titled it that, just one of my favorite movies I guess. The good would be getting in another couple of miles and good amount of requirements. The bad would be I have to relearn some pomsaes, but I'm sure it's not a big deal. The ugly would be my hook kicks. They are still my Achilles heel. I enjoyed the PMAA class tonight. It was action packed and we did some real eye opening drills with the knife. If I didn't know better, I would have thought Master Evins was trying to kill me. It's amazing how I can practice knife drills and self defense, but when someone is really coming at you hard and heavy with a knife, survival kicks in and you do what ever it takes not to get stabbed (much). It was a good wake up call. My kind of night. The good...
Ran quite a bit this morning. It was pretty cold, so cold in fact that I had to stop once in a while to warm my hands and ears. In retrospect, I should of worn more than a T-Shirt, undershirt and shorts. It was fun I guess. Spanish V midterm today. It's so long that our teacher had to split it, so I guess I just tested for the second half.
Normal day today. Nothing much. Went to school did my requirements and did homework. Actually had a an hour of homework to do. Then went to study for Sceince and went to BB class. Came home and about to eat dinner. After dinner going to do some more requirements after. After that have to study for science again. Hope everyone had a great day!
Hello, sorry I forgot to journal these past few days. On monday, (Martin Luther King Jr. day) I was watching movies with my family. We watched Pixels and Tomorrowland. Me and my dad played catch with a foot ball on monday while my brother was making a nice warm fire. However, I may not have journaled but that didn't stop me from doing my requirements. I'm in the 3 thousands of pushups and sit ups but I think I might need to do 150 a day instead of 100 because I took some time off of life during winter break. Well, good night.
yesterday i could do all my requirements. My sit up reps have improved, still struggling with push up reps. I have started including a couple of different types of sit ups like v-sit ups (I do not know the names of others). I can feel my abs getting worked. I am still struggling with push ups. I take a step forward and take at least half a step back. I see some progress but still a long way to go. Have a great day all.
The last few days have been really cold and I have not been able to go out for run with my dad. Yesterday was another long and cold day. I finished all my requirements by lunch. I went back to go thru all my study guides for the pre-test this week. In the afternoon my sister and i practiced her forms too. She is testing this week too. Then my sister and I played for a couple of hours and watched TV. No school today as well but its cold outside now. Seems like it is 18 degrees. My dad said we can run later this week.
I sure hope it's not this cold on Saturday. I am amazed at the drastic difference there can be in the temperature from one day to the next. I had another long day at work today. When I left to go home it was dark and cold; very conducive to curling up with a hot drink and a good book. Neither was in the cards for me tonight. I am disappointed in the book I chose. I was and I guess still am hoping for some ideas that I will find helpful. About a third of the way through and I suppose I had different expectations for what the book would be like. It makes it tougher to get through to the end. I really didn't expect all 52 ideas to stick, but I hoped I would find at least one that I could apply by now. Hopefully before the end.
Yes, I enjoy Kung Fu movie names. For those who were on the last cycle, good timing. Connor (my son) was on the last cycle and we ran together a lot. I don't remember any 34 degree days in his cycle. He looked at me when I came back from my 2 mile run today, shivering and blue, and asked "what's wrong?" I sent him to his room. Man it was chilly today. I guess I was hoping for a mild North Carolina winter. Even the cows didn't come out to watch this time. Time to toughen up a bit and pop that snot bubble. It's not going to change anytime soon. It seems the majority of hard things I've done in my life were always in the winter. Winter make you appreciate places like Florida or the sun. There's nothing like losing all the feeling in your fingers and toes...
Had a great Weekend in Atlanta for the AdvoNation Event. Took almost 7 hours to get to Atlanta because of an ver-turned Tractor-Trailer. But, time went by quickly with good company and conversation. Seminar was great. Had a good Sunday. Birthday party at the school and then spent time with family. My dad's 70th Birthday is next weekend and making it special for him is on my mind.
Regular day today, I guess. I'm getting a bit behind in my requirments, which is bad. A bad habit to start. Last midterm tomorrow. I just realized that I missed class tonight. Today is just not going very well at all. It will be better tomorrow. I'll go for a run on the freeway which is quite a few miles. I'll have to get all the bars on green.
School tomorrow. I wish I had off. I have off on Friday instead. I wanted Tuesday thought so I can hangout with my friends. Played some video games with friends. Went out to eat and did my requirements after. Then finished up some homework which took 2 hours and then went to watch some videos. Did a bit of studying and went to a class. Now I am finishing up a movie with my family right now. Hope everyone had a great day!
MLK Day at the box is always a joy Working off lots of bad eating from Panther Sunday Get back on track with 24 day challenge after a tough weekend.
I was not my 100% last week. I could not do as many requirements as I wanted to. But I could complete two of my essays. Yesterday I did my requirements and could do good number of sit ups and push ups. I hope to keep up the number on pushups and situps. Have a great day all.
We got home from the grocery store we turned on the tv and the panthers were up 31-0. I wasn't surprised the panthers are better than Seattle. They already won their first game against them so i knew they would beat them again. So then I saw the score again it was 31-7, finally they scored. I was going for the panthers but if they lost 31-0 then i was going to brag. When we were watching the game we had wings,deviled eggs,and some ginger ale it was all so good. I had honey barbecue wing it sounds gross but its really good. We had a big tv so we could see everything. I had fun on sunday and a tasty one too.
I had a great day yesterday. Woke up early to get my requirements done before the Panthers game. Got everything done by noon and my dad and I watched the whole game. What a game by Netwon and the Panthers. Cardinals here we come! Saw the Bronco v Steelers game as well. Helped my dad in the morning when he was vaccuming the home. I dont have school today and tomorrow and my plan is to get most of my requirements done. I also wrote my Mission Statement essay which my dad is going to type in today and upload to dropbox.
It would be nice to make my workouts a Kung Fu movie. Not because my workouts are impressive, but because they fast forward the martial arts scene to make the action better. That way my requirements would only last ten minutes in Hollywood time. Instead, I tackle an item at a time over a two to three hour spans. And that's on a good night. I'm feeling the post sparring / Black Belt class workout today. It was hard sitting still in church today. Muscles kept cramping up. Even though God rested on the seventh day, I don't think I will get that luxury. Of course He's God. He's got the right to rest or kick Brian around for enjoyment. My wife kept giving me the Baptist eye while I was wiggling in my pew. That look usually in tells the "don't do anything stupid that would bring attention to me."...
I can't wait till tomorrow. We have off. So exited. Went to church today and watched the Panthers "destroy" the Seahawks during the first half. It was so hype! Then I did my requirements. Still have a bit to finish. Proably going to do them during the commercials of the Steelers gaming. Hope everyone had a good day!
Yesterday right after we came home from Black Belt Class my parents said we were leaving to Raleigh. Pretty much the entire day there and we came back home at 10.30pm. Luckily i finished all my requirements before i went to BB class and then in BB class Master Knight made us work out a lot. Especially the kicks where we had to hold our one leg out do different kicks each time rechambering them. I am all set for the Pathers v Seahawks game!! Go Cam and team!!!!
Quick weekend in Atlanta for the regional Advocare event. Always a good motivator for goal planning and no excuses work ethic. Almost 11 hours driving really hammered didn't do my body any favors. Got in good workouts Friday before we left, and able to get some pushups and situps in Saturday morning. Eating could have been better. Could have been worse.
Helped with Jr tigers this morning. What a big class! I think it was at least 20 kids. Several new ones too. Then helped with family class. I worked with a group on yi chang and had them do it with their eyes closed. They did quite well. You can really tell who knows their stuff when their eyes are closed. It was a really small black belt class so we worked on a lot of stick forms including double stick 1. We worked on some kicking combinations too. The second black belt class had several more people and we worked on poomsaes with switching spots with your partner. I think that is harder than doing poomsaes by yourself. We also worked on a lot of kicks and some self-defense. Great variety Master Knight! I reviewed study guide flashcards today and did several jump rope rounds. I wanted to get out...
