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!

sick

Today and yesterday I have been sick.  It has not been very pleasant because my dad is making me take medicine.  The only good part about it is that I don't have to go to school.  

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This morni...

This morning i got up pretty early and plan to get tons of requirements done. Maybe even finish all my physical requirements. Nothing much to write about except i'll be glad when the cycle is over.

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Today was ...

Today was fun. I laughed so hard in science today for no reason. Well there were some reasons, like my friend and I were trying to creep this gye out. It didn't work, but it made us laugh really hard.

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today we a...

today we ad our first christmas show practice I run sound for it so I was there along time working come see us at narrowly look it up it has good reviews

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Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it. -Bill Cosby

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Today Didn...

Today Didn't do that many requirements since I did a lot at the class I had to take yesterday so that's how my day went

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Toady I wo...

Toady I worked with my mentee Rachel and it was awesome. We worked on a lot of kicks and I think she can be tested on the kicks: -) I am proud

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today I di...

today I did some jump ropes and man are they easy so I did 10 for fun

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Awesome da...

Awesome day. At work got put on a one person job, six hour. Most of the time we work in two men teams ,but this job there was only room for one person. Yes I like my coworkers but not today in this small space.

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I went to ...

I went to school today and had a good day. i had cub scouts tonight. i was able to attend class and get my requirements done.

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today I di...

today I did school work and I played with my brother

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Today this...

Today this is my last journal. Today I have started my white belt week. I have also finished most of my required classes.

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Very tired...

Very tired. Today I almost fell asleep in band class. I don't now why I am very tired because I did sleep early. Anyway got some credits done and went to Hyper Pro. Can't wait for dinner, my mom said she made something super good.

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Cupcakes!!! and empathy training!!!

I came home from school, we went to barnes and nobles to get this free cupcake or cookie, and of course, I got a cupcake. Last night I had sent an email to my teachers and the priciple, and other adults, to ask them permission if I could do my empathy training at school. Most of them said yes, and the others did not respond. So, tomorrow, I will be mute! yay!

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Cupcakes!!! and empathy training!!!

I came home from school, we went to barnes and nobles to get this free cupcake or cookie, and of course, I got a cupcake. Last night I had sent an email to my teachers and the priciple, and other adults, to ask them permission if I could do my empathy training at school. Most of them said yes, and the others did not respond. So, tomorrow, I will be mute! yay!

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Last night...

Last night i went running and i realized that i have gotten a lot faster because used to it would take me 3 hours to run 4.67 miles but last night it took me only an hour and a half to run 4.09 miles. This morning i went to the orthodontist to get my braces changed and the doctor said i have done a really good job keeping my teeth clean! After that we went to another appointment and then went running. I only have a small amount of miles to run which is great!

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Marcus Hendricks

Had a really good workout session today. My legs are so sore from all of the running i have done recently. I also was mute today which found itself to be very annoying.

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Marcus Hendricks

Had a really good workout session today. My legs are so sore from all of the running i have done recently. I also was mute today which found itself to be very annoying.

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The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.

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today I wa...

today I walked 6.2 miles and burned 432 calories not as much as I thought but at least i burned that much ate a really good salad for dinner it was so good

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Today I wo...

Today I worked on making duck tape wallets and phone cases to sell to raise money for the Levine's Children's Hospital, I am personally proud of them they are Halloween themed. :-)

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two hour class

today lkn had a two hour class for curriculum and extra requirements. It was very fun.

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Today all ...

Today all the bb candidates at the LN school had a two how r workout class, then I went to my cousin's birthday party.

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Today I di...

Today I did my exercises after taking a light week. It was hard to get back on track but got to work hard these next few weeks to prepare for the test. Then I worked on campaign posters for student council and I went and got my tree for my requirements. Busy but good day.

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Today was ...

Today was a very tiring day. I had a lot of homework to finsh up including a small project. I didn't get much requirments done. I did have a good evening though. I went to my freinds house and we played video games for like 1 hour. Then he had this reusable breakable boards so we started playing with those. It was a fun evening.

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9/28/14

Today I did some homework to get ahead. After that I wrote my new skill essay and I think I did a good job. I also spent some time with my uncle before he left. After all that I went shopping with my mom and tonight I am going to watch iron man.

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I went to ...

I went to church and choir today. I got my requirements done. I watched the Panthers game. I worked on my essays.

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I went to ...

I went to the park today with my friend to work on tae kwon do, run, and sparring. We had fun, when we were done we played a little bit of soccer and talked for a while then went home to eat dinner.

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Happy Dance Sunday

Had a great, and very productive, day!!! Up early and hit the treadmill hard along with a few requirements. Costco, HT and back home with groceries before the game started. Had a miserable him in the house, imagine that with the way the Panthers played, then icing on the cake with the Steelers, so I exited to the carport, along with mr. spark, and did nothing but requirement focus. Such a beautiful day out - - enjoyed every minute of it. Got a ton accomplished and even tried some pushups. They were pretty ugly and not great form but it's a start. Attempted the pull-up's & burpees but that is going to have to hold a bit longer as I could immediately feel the shoulder. See how l fair in the morning and just take it one step at a time. Going to be smart and listen to my body. It's...

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catch up day

today we had a day where we did a bunch of black belt stuff. There was a lot of things we did. We either caught up on black belt or get ahead on requirements. We did a lot of push up and sit ups, a ton of falls, a big amount of forms, and 5 jump ropes and sparing.

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Today I ju...

Today I just relaxed at home because the night before we went to go see Ben Folds.

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It was the...

It was the first day i had Tae Kwon Doe on Sunday and in the morning too! It was a mentor/requirement/review session for the black belts on the Cycle at our school. It was from 11-1 and we finished a lot of requirements and I'm glad we did! It brought many of my daily requirements down to a lower number and it was also a good workout! We went over the different stick and staff forms and poomsae! After that session, I went to Costco with my mom for a little while and then went back home to finish my homework and also go to Planet Fitness to do more requirements for the day!

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Back home ...

Back home after bruising or busting my lip. Had a party at DEFY GRAVITY. But it was still fun hanging out with my friends.

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Yesterday ...

Yesterday my papa took me to buy new shoes . "Then we went to Denny's.

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Church and Game

Earlier today I wen to church at a new place that I have never been to, except when I was blind for my empathy training.  Now, I am getting ready to watch the Panthers Vs Ravens game.  

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You only live once, but if you do it right once is enough. -unknown

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TKD

We are going to the black belt thingy, I don't know what it's really called. Otherwise though it seems like it's going to be fun!...

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Right now ...

Right now I'm in bed with my cat and the iPad,but I fineally got all my stuff in and now I'm going to go eat breakfast.

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Yesterday ...

Yesterday i got quite a bit done despite my being super busy. Today i plan to get tons done though because i have almost all day, maybe even finish some more requirements.

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Class Today

Today I have class at KTA Lake Norman from 11:00- 1:00 it is official I have class everyday now.

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Today I ha...

Today I had a sparing class, hyper pro class, and Saturday BBC class. I also arranged for a mentee session with Rachel which I look forward to and did warm ups twice :-)

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Don't practice until you get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong-Roger Gracie

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Denver Days

Today my friend William and I went to a Fall Festival in Denver. We went on all these awesome rides there. We actually made money. It was a dollar per ticket and we bought 24 tickets for 20 bucks. We were able to sell our leftover tickets and make some money.

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We had a g...

We had a great mentor session today. I think I have my Bolo form1 Worked on self defense. Did my math homework for monday

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Today is S...

Today is Saturday for most normal people, but for me it is hump day and date night out with my wife.

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Weed Pulling

Today I had to pull weeds on the side of my house and in my mother's roses.  Pulling the weeds was my punishment for getting in trouble at school.  It was not fun.  I got poked by thorns a lot, saw a bunch of worms, and yellow fuzzy things on a tree.  

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I had a ve...

I had a very busy day today. In the morning I had black belt class and sparring class. Then I went to this farm to pick grapes, which are very good. I went to this farm in Concord called Ritchie Farm. It had the best grapes I have ever tasted before. Now I have to leave for another birthday party.

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein

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Jinx Fairy

I believe I have a little jinx fairy following me around. Headed up north for black belt class then back home and the goal was knock out the domestic duties and work on requirements. Just as I was finishing cleaning the house I notice a bunch of water in the kitchen. I was like why are my feet all wet???? Big leak under the sink so that was fun taking everything out and cleaning up. Needless to say not a quick task - -so tonight it will be off Home Depot for new disposal. Found the culprit disposal has hole in it so yup every time you run water instead of going down the drain it goes in the cabinet. Could have been a lot worse!!!!

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today i'm ...

today i'm going mute. i stop at 7:00.i can not wait to finsh

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Saturday, September 27

Today I am planning to get all of my requirements done. they have become much easier ever since i recalculated what I had to do every day. we worked on a attack/defend form and I think I memorized it! In sparring we worked on kick defense and did "meat grinder" it is where someone stands in a rink and spars everyone in the line. After they are finished, they switch out with the next person in line. you literally spar everyone twice! I kicked someone's elbow >~

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today I to...

today I took a bbc class and it was fun because I did some attack defend

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essays

what do the kwans mean. I need to know so I can write my essay. it is going to be very hard because it has to be five pages long!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is overwhelming.

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Today I'm ...

Today I'm mute for the black belt empathy training, so far it's been pretty easy to do.

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I had my b...

I had my black belt yard sale today to raise money and it was fun I dont' remenber how much we raised but it was alot. WE also had some baking goods for sale for anyone who was buying some stuff or wanted just the brownies, and cookies. but above all we all had fun.

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Today i go...

Today i got up at 7am to go help with testing, then i had a mentor session, and then straight from there i went to Master Evans. So it has been a busy morning but i got a lot of poomsae credits because basically all we did was poomsaes. When i got back i got changed and did some rolls and falls. I have i co-op meeting soon but after that i will get in some more requirements and work on studying for my written. I hope to get a lot done today but with today being so busy i may not. Hopefully though i will get tons done on Sunday.

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Today I di...

Today I did a yard sale with the other black belts at Belmont. We raised a lot of money for the Kicks for Kids fund raiser. Tonight I am going to see a piano performance.

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Yesterday ...

Yesterday my friends came over and we went swimming and played wii. On the wii we played Mario kart 8 and Just Dance. It was really fun. We all were dancing really silly and we were laughing so hard. I can't wait until they come over again.

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I'm eating...

I'm eating the rest of me breakfast right now. The rest of the day is probably going to be fun. After this we will be leaving for the BBC, then we are probably heading home, then i do some homework and then it's just my sister, my brother and I at home eating pizza with soda and watching a movie.

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Its kind of wierd. I wrote a journal for today, the 27 of september, Saturday, but its showing up for Sunday...

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Its kind of wierd. I wrote a journal for today, the 27 of september, Saturday, but its showing up for Sunday...

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I woke up,...

I woke up, was supposed to go to swimming, but woke up to late. I dont really have anything to write about, exept that at swimming we were supposed to get ouur pictures...

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Right now ...

Right now its 6:45 in the morning and i just finished an essay and am getting ready to go to help at testing

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Today in b...

Today in bb class we went over a bunch of stuff. Later on I went to my school's football game and we won 48 to 17

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Marcus Hendricks

Got a lot of good requirements today.   Went to my schools homecoming game just to see my friend win, after that I left.  Need to work on more if my curriculum tomorrow 

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Just got d...

Just got done partying for my birthday. Going to hang out with my buddies tomorrow!

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Today I to...

Today I took a sparing class and it was really fun I spared Elizabeth and Ryan (my brother of course) and I got two sparing rounds : -)

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Today was ...

Today was a very fun day. I had this very awesome birthday for a freind and It was awesome. We played football and manhunt at like 8:30 at the night.

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I had no s...

I had no school today because of a teacher workday, so I got up later than usual! It was very nice to be able to do so! But I still had to work with my study group to finish an AP US Project due Monday! After that I went to class and we did many requirements which was good to add in and get my requirements done for the day!

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Today I go...

Today I got finished with school really early and went outside to do all my stuff for like 1 hour so now I'm going to sleep need my rest

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Today I to...

Today I took Black Belt Class and then I went to baseball practice and then I got home and that's about it

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I had a gr...

I had a great day at school. I think I did good on my spelling test today. Tonight I helped out with belt testing. My brother tested and got his yellow belt tonight.

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No school ...

No school today...had a gaming and pool party. It was a lot of fun. Mom heated the pool for us.

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Today my f...

Today my friend came over to my house and I also went over to his. We played a new game at hi house it was fun.

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Today i ha...

Today i have done a lot of running because i need to get more miles in. Tonight i am going to help out with testing and get some more leadership one credits because i still need quite a few of those, but other wise today is going well and my mom hopes for us to get a lot of school done too.

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today I to...

today I took my dad to the doctor and I went to the bank and now I have to do a lot of school work to do.

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Marcus Hendricks

MY voice is getting raspy from all of the classes taught this week. Happy that the weekend is pretty much here. I should be getting a lot of training done in the next few days!

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Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it. -Bruce Lee

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Toaday I w...

Toaday I went to the 3:45 class and stayed until the 5:45 class and then did the class we practiced palgweas wang ho 2 and attack defense and falls and rolls

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Today noth...

Today nothing interesting really happened but i still had a lot of fun on this cycle, hope everybody else did to.

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today I to...

today I took a mentor meeting and it was cool because I did a lot of poomsae

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Today I ha...

Today I had my mentor session and we went over staff form (sorry if that's not what it is really called) as well as short stick. We even went over staff attack and deffened and I can't wait to teach Ryan (my brother) it cause I have a feeling he will enjoy it. :-)

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Credits

This really might be one of the first days I got so much credits in one day. Unbelieveable!! I very close of finishing everything.

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I was tryi...

I was trying to do a quote but it wouldn't work so my favorite quote is "We have nothing to fear but fear it self", Franklin D Roosevelt

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In class t...

In class today at belmont I stayed for two classes the first class was ok but the second class was awesome because we had a huge class and ... NEW STUDENTS!!!! I love to help out with the new students because they don't know anything like the poomsaes,blocks, or kicks so its fun to teach them the stuff they want to know. It was fun teaching the two new students they really really liked to learn the stuff I was teaching them.

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No school ...

No school today!!! Did a weekday BLK belt class. Worked on falls, forms and self defense

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Classes

Today I wen to three classes.  Green and higher, black belt, and sparring.  I was very glad because I got some requirements in.

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Today I fi...

Today I finished my last leadership credit and I also finished my study guide

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In school ...

In school today I had music and took a test in math. I think I did good on my test. I went to black belt class tonight. Now time for some more studying.

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Today I we...

Today I went to my friends house. We played air hockey, deal or no deal, made a pizza, and played with their dog. It was a lot of fun and made my day.

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yay!!!!!!

We just got some clothes in the mail that we had ordered! yay! I really want to wair one of th shirts tomorrow, but my mom siad she has to put in the wash. oh well. Anyway, when we got out of school, we went to by a plant or the bush at 'Dearness Gardens' for the bb cycle.

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Today we d...

Today we did a science experiment about fossils. It was lots of fun. I have sparring class later!

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today I we...

today I went to home school Tae kwon Do. Then I came home and did schoolwork. Now I am on my way back to Tae Kwon Do for 3 more classes. Tonight is sparring. I like that class!

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Last night...

Last night the computer was not working so i could not journal. we spent yesterday afternoon having my mom read to us so while she was reading i got to do tons of push-ups and sit-ups. So i do not have that many left.

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Thursday

Yesterday was a major bad hair day but thankfully it's over. Crazy busy at work, after work stopped at client's to take care of some items - - of course issues - -ended there a couple hours then lifting - -doing some things I should not have been - -and ouch the shoulder nicely reminded me I was making a bad decision. Got home then ended up on a call with client for over an hour. Long and short by time I was done preparing & eating dinner I was toast. No requirements or anything other than good night time. Even thought I am behind I am not going to short cut myself on requirements. I said at the beginning that I would not count any of my walking as running - -unless it was having to power walk a short bit on a run to get thru the run and...

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The day wa...

The day was chilly and i had not gotten enough sleep the past night, so the start of my day today was not very good. I had gone to school that day to find it quite easy and relaxed compared to other days. After school, i went to my usual Planet Fitness round and then head over to Tae Kwon Do. On my way there i was held up by a major traffic jam on I-77 that was backed up for 5 miles because of a serious car accident, that took 2ambulances and 3 police cars. It was constant bumper to bumper traffic and it took me 1 hour and 15 minutes to finally reach Tae Kwon Do, after missing my usual class to get my leadership 1 credit in. However, i was able to do my regular mentee session, with the time i had before my normal class, with Ava!...

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Today we w...

Today we watched the premier of scorpion it was AWESOME can't wait for the next episode

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There is no glory in practice but without practice, there is no glory -unknown

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Marcus Hendricks

Today was a mucky day.   The weather was really bad.   Not sure how tomorrow will turn out.  I relived that I haven't contracted strep from my sister so that's always good. 

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Social Studies Project

Today I was assigned my social studies project for the colonial period. I was assigned to make a Quill and Ink. It looks really easy and really fun.

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