Candidate Journals

Today  I did a rail trail. And I did bike 11.2 miles! itbis hard keeping up with my exercises on the road. 

 Today I haven't done much. I did some requirements at KTA, but not too many. I didn't get my walking in today, but I'll walk 2 miles tomorrow. Today in class we worked on kicks, poomsaes, bolo form, and stick and staff forms. I also did SCUBA after black belt class. I will do more requirements after this journal. Also, my new skill is cooking..... maybe.

Todays Saturday Black Belt class was extremely helpful at North Charlotte. We reviewed a lot of things that I need to know for this upcoming test. Slightly stressed out because I am behind by so much. After taking the first week off the cycle I am feeling a litter overwhelmed, but Im sure I will catch up eventually. Planning on keeping up a healthy diet and trying to squeeze in a run as often as I can... although the weather isn't helping much. Tomorrow I have a long workout ahead and reviewing as much as I can. Mondays class at South Charlotte is always fun so I am really looking forward to that, and always looking forward to getting more update on how Master Chin is doing. 

This morning was dedicated to TKD, then we were off to Great Wolf Lodge. My company is having our picnic here so they got a discount to stay the night. What a great weekend to play at an indoor waterpark with all the rain!  I love watching the kids have a good time. 

Today it rained all day so I had to jog my miles in the rain. It wasnt that bad though it actually felt good. I took the 9:00 class at Mint Hill and got some leadership credits and then went to Master Evins for the saturday black belt class.

A nice rainy Saturday – I love it!  I got up this morning, did some requirements and then went and taught Little Tigers’ class.  There’s always a lot of energy in the dojang when the Little Tigers are training.  J After teaching, I went to Black Belt class.  Master Chelley Hartle taught class.  It was a really good class with a little bit of everything.  Thank you ma’am! Later I had to take my daughter out to shop for school.  That was almost harder than BB class.  L  And then it was home for chores, with requirements thrown in between.. Anyway, all in all, it’s been a very productive day!

Today I went to master Burkarts school to do a Tae Kwon Do plus class.  Later I went to Black Belt class at Master Evan's and  I was so glad to be picked to do warm ups!  I liked the part we did with the bolo and knife.

Great day yesterday!!   New city, fantastic hotel, awesome work out facility and even better I was able to get a way for a little bit and get some requirements in.  Not as much as I would have liked but some is better than none.  Hoping today a can get a way for a few to get in some more before obligations with clients tonight.  Even better I can see the NFL & MLB stadiums from my room - - pretty cool.

workiWork started early this am but during the 4 hrs of back-to-back conference calls I got a lot of requirements in. Love that mute button on the phone!  Went to black belt class tonight. I'm pretty sure I strained a muscle in my right pectoral muscle because its still killing me. Pull ups make me want to cry. My dad and Ben drove here today from MO...so happy to see my baby boy!  I've missed him.

Today I did a 5K in Mont-Tremblac Quebec in 21:57. I really had a lot of fun and wore my King Tiger t-shirt in the race. I am a bit behind in some requirements but will try hard to catch up. Tomorrow will be biking on a bike trail in the mountains. 

Today was the second day of school. All we did was go over the LNCS Handbook. After school was the last day of tryouts. Everybody made the team. I'm really happy I made the team. If you want something you have to work hard to get. That is why everybody made the team because everybody worked hard. It is just like the black belt cycle if you work hard you will get it.

Today was a good day. I woke up and mowed a lawn and got 20$, then I ran and worked out but I really focused on mug forms, my stances and hand positions need work. I am going to help out with testing and the open house next week, trying to raise money for levine children's hospital. I looked over my book with the requirements and so far I am on track with everything, so in excited!!!!

Today I wasn't able to get all of my requirements done because I went horse back riding and went to the raptor center, but I went to black belt class. Today it was nice spending time with my family since my dad had the day off from work.

Today i helped out and did a weekday black belt class.Also i went to work with my dad.

Today I helped out at the 5:45 class in Mint Hill. I also did black belt class in Mint Hill. There was no thunder and lightning this week so thats was a good thing.

Today I woke up and stomach really hurt.  My grandma tried to make it feel better, but I was really sick.  I had to my black belt stuff later in the day.  I'm still not feeling well.  Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Today I did my sparring rounds & jump ropes in the morning instead of at night.  That worked ok.  Today at summer camp we played a giant game of hide * seek with no lights.  the seekers used light sabors to find us.  Of course some one screwed it up, but it was still really cool. 

Today was the last day of breaking camp. It was awesome, and the kids did a great job with their breaking routines. I met with my mentee again and got to relax at home for a while. I didn't go for my drivers license because there was an expected 3 hour wait, but I'll go Tuesday. It gives me more time to practice too. It was nice out so I went for a slightly longer run too. Overall a pretty good day.

Today I went to the gym and did my requirements on a track.  I had some extra time so I took the last part of my mom's boot camp class.  It was very difficult and we did a lot of bicep work.  Today was a reminder to myself that I can get my physicals done in under an hour if I focus and not let anything distract me.  I need to try to do that everyday so I have more free time, or time to touch up my essays and do my summer schoolwork. I got my iPod taken away the other day and it has helped me not become distracted as easily. 

I had a good day today and I also went to see Dr. Bill!  He is so awesome.  I always look forward to seeing him because I always come out feeling so much better.  He gave me my 50,000 mile adjustment, including several adjustments to the knees, popping the wrist to make it stop hurting, and acupuncture. J  Now I’m go to go for at least a couple of weeks. I’d like to say congratulations to Master Chin on the new addition to her family, Emerson Rose, and to Master Knight who is getting married this weekend.  Big events in the King Tiger family!

I am sore but it is a good feeling. I am rather frusterated with myself because of my emotional eating in response to stress. It has been a difficult personal year that is summarizing long and difficult personal and family journeys.  I have been stuck in a horrible place in my head and I have no one to blame but myself for my weight gain. It frusterates me because I allowed poor decisions to compromise my ability to do something I love, my Tae Kwon Do. I have no choice but to start where I am and do the best I can where I am physically.  I know I can do this. I just need to get out of my way! Today's preparation determines tomorrow's achievement.  

Today has been very low-key. Slept in late and logged in yesterdays requirements. Last night was a blast at Mint Hill. Everyone was very welcoming and sparring class was a blast. So excited to hear about Master Chins new baby girl, named Emerson, that was born Wednesday night. And I obviously love the name selection... 

Sleep is an amazing thing- - -I think I almost feel h uman again.  Hit a wall big time yesterday and I have hardly any requirements done - - -not good.  If schedule goes as planned I can finally focus a few hours this weekend on tkd, yes finally.  I am being positive all will work out in the end!!  

Today was pretty good. I helped out in camp again, which was really fun, and got to work with my mentee for the fourth time. I also went to sparring class at the Mint Hill school, which was amazing. It was a great time and I really enjoyed it, even though I don't do a lot of sparring regularly. I have to put my nose to the grindstone to really get ahead, because I hope to have it a little easier for a couple days when I want to hang out with my friends. I have to work hard to make up for lazy days. My motto for this week is "I'm not going to want to, but I am going to" It's hard but I'm ready. Also on a side note I'm testing for my drivers license tomorrow. Wooh!

Worked with my mentor tonight.  I keep getting Hapkido 17 and 18 mixed up so I'll need to work on that more.  I also need to start working on my pace when I'm running.  I feel ready for the poomsae and self-defense part of the pre-test.

Today I was working on my leadership credit.  I got to open class with the five tenets of Tae Kwon Do.  It was a great experience.  I was very proud when the other students bowed and called me sir.  It was a very proud moment.  I also got to lead the running.  Maybe one day I will be an instructor.  I liked it.  I hope to do it more.  I am really horrible at jump rope.  I used to be good at it but now I am horrible.  I think it is because my legs and arms have grown so fast.  Everyone calls me Gumby.  My mom says that my brain doesn't know where my arms and legs are.  I am pretty clumsy and not very coordinated.  I hope I get better at jump rope.  I think this is a good chance.  The push ups seem to be getting easier.  My...

today i have to do my pullups last. for me they are pretty hard to do for my brother they are easy. right now i can do five at once.

Today I was able to get a ton of credits today.  I did all my requirements and I went to 4 classes in total: regular class, sparring class, black belt class, and PMAA class.  I had to hurry after sparring class which ended at 7 to make it to North Charlotte at 7:30 from Mint Hill.  I got a mentor session and leadership credits also.    

I am so thankful that tomorrow is Friday.  I am so tired, both physically and mentally!  I really need to recharge so I can begin again.  J I took the TKD Plus class tonight, then BB class, and then PMAA.  I found out that there are several things we have to know for testing in PMAA.  And maybe it’s because it was the last class for the day, but I have the most difficult time focusing and remembering the PMAA curriculum.  I’m definitely going to have to find a way around that obstacle!  If anyone has any suggestions on how I can associate the names of the things with the actual steps in PMAA, please give me your suggestions.  J

today i woke up really late, around 10 o clock, after i got dressed and ate i went for my run and felt really energized so i immediately went into my workout and got all of it done within an hour and a half, including forms. i find that pull ups are still difficult and that is my weakest link at the moment. i went to a regular class and got a mentor session in, then i went to a sparring class and got more of my workout done. i went home and quickly got my weapons ready for the PMAA class at Master Evans school, i thought we were going to be late since it was 7:50 when we left, it takes a half hour to get there and i thought the class started at 8:15 instead of 8:25. i need a new schedule. now i am home and have...

Today was almost the same as yesterday. Only today I took black belt class.  I did some requirements during summer camp.  I also helped out in color belt class to get leadership credits.  I was excited to teach the smaller kids.  

I had nearly all my requirements done before TKD+ and BB class, so it was a good day from that perspective. My right pec is still so, so sore. But I will live. I had to take Jess shopping after classes tonight, so now it is time for  a shower and bed.  

Today was my first day of school. I am finally a seventh grader. Today was a little hectic. There were a lot of fifth and seventh graders not knowing were to go.  I liked all of my teachers. They all seem pretty nice! Later after school I had another day of soccer tryouts. Tommorow is the last day of soccer tryouts so I can make the team. Today is my mom's birthday too! Today I could not get in a lot of requirements because we went to longhorn steakhouse for my mom's b-day. But I'll get them tommorow

Today was pretty good. I walked, did some requirements, watched television, and took a black belt class. I still have some requirements to do, but I'm doing WAY better than yesterday. I need to practice a few things for the pre- test, but all in all, I'm doing pretty well.

Today t did a sparing class at mint hill.WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!

helped out with wang ho testing tonight. Everyone did amazing! took the time between testings to get a great Mentor session in. Worked on Wang ho 1 and 2. 

Today I did a mentee session with my mentee Eli. I also did my normal class and sparring class. During sparring class I learned some techniques on how to counter and attack. I also did some pushups and situps during class. Before my class I jogged 1.5 miles at Fairview Park which is about 5 minutes from my house. After jogging I was red and sweaty. I think I will be ready for the Physical Pre-Test and the Physical test. LETS GO LAUREN!!!!!!!!

Today I did some black belt stuff with grandma. I taught her some self defenses.  She was a great listener. I really loved spending the day with her.  Who knows what tomorrow will be.

running has been really hard because I don't run listing to music. meditating is really easy at summer camp during 2 min when kids get in trouble  

today i had fun doing my requirements and running i ran faster than i usually run and it felt the same i went through my requirements real fast today i had fun today i hope  i have fun tomorrow 

Yesterday was a tough day. Started out good but then I started feeling sick. It was a light day for requirements so I will be playing catch up/make up the next couple of days. My Uverse connection went down on Tuesday so I don't have internet until probably Friday so journaling had to wait until I got to work. I am looking forward to tonight's class. Hopefully we will see pictures of Emerson (Master Chin & Chris' baby).  

Super excited on what I have planned today. Thinking about taking a long run and getting all todays requirements out of the way. Might be heading to North Charlotte for a class tonight but still looking over my options. 

Today was pretty much the same as yesterday.  I attended summer camp, spent today again as a white belt.  Two more days to go.  I also got some leadership credits in.  I did a dream team class today.  it was really better than I thought it would be!

Good day, not a lot extraordinary, but still nothing bad at least. I'm getting ready for a bake sale I'm having on the 17th when Queens university students move in. I'll be baking cookies, brownies, and scones, as well as selling iced tea and lemonade. I'm still unsure on what I'll price them, but I'll figure it out. Lots of baking ahead!

Today was a busy day at work – I didn’t get to eat my lunch until about 3:30pm.  But it was hump day so things are going to get better.  J I worked with my mentee, Hallie, on self-defense, Hapkido, and Keumgang today before teaching Junior Tigers.  I can tell she’s practicing the things we work on because she’s getting better.  Keep up the good work! After Junior Tigers class, I worked with Master Cavazos on my double stick forms.  He’s helping me a lot to work on refining my movements now that I know the steps to the forms.  I really appreciate his efforts and attention to details.  Some day, I hope to look like him when he does the stick forms!  Thanks for your patience sir.  J

I read a great story last night in my book, "7 Habits of highly effective teens" by Sean Covey.   "When I was young and free my imagination had no limits.  I dreamed of changing the world.  As I grew older and wiser I realized the world would not change.  I decided to shorten my sights somewhat and change only my country but it seemed too immovable.  As i entered my twilight years in one last desperate attempt I sought to change only my family, those closest to me, but alas they would have none of it.  And now here I lie on my death bed and realize (perhaps for the first time) that if only I had changed myself first, then by example I may have influenced my family and with their encouragement and support I may have bettered my country, and who knows I may have changed the world."...

My pecs are so sore that I swear the muscles are going to snap when I do push ups. I know I will get over it, but it can't come too soon. Today I had about half of my requirements in by 1pm, then I did another big set in the 45 min I had between dropping Jess off at softball practice and the parent athletics meeting at the school. And now I'm finishing up the balance. Except jump rope...I have to go outside or to the basement to jump rope, which should not be a big deal, but I always seems to skip a day or so and then double up.  off to get a few more sets of push ups and sit ups in, then off to bed. I have an early start tomorrow!

Finally got to Canada in our RV. Difficult to gets my exercises in the RV. I found out I may be able to run a 5K here. Very excited!! 

It is day 14 also a long 2 weeks and i am ready for tomorrow.

helped out with testing. i going to maggie her last day she is moving  to new york. im so sad. i also had singing lessons  

Day 14 already that means it has been two weeks. WOW. It doesnt feel like it has been two weeks. Well today I did my reqirements and then relaxed the rest of the day because I was so tired. It has been a long day.

today during camp i counted belts in a closet, checked off the belts on a list, then i sorted it back on the shelf in the closet. when i started the shelf looked like it was over flowed with belts. when i ended the shelf looked like it didn't have enough belts to go on it. the surprising thing was that there was 41 size 1 yellow belts. i also did kwon sool in the closet. figured out that i need bend my knees a lot more. 

Today I spent most of the day out of the house. I got up at 7:15 and ran my mile and a half in 17 minutes. I am making some progress! 

Saturdays with Master Evans is really fun. his class is so awesome because he is awesome  

Today was a very long day, I woke up early and babysat 2 kids till 1:30, after I worked out I went to class to help out and I did a mentor session. I came home and when I worked out again I did a sparring round and I pulled a muscle in my leg, now I'm on the couch icing it off and I think it's going to be better soon. I just hope it heals soon and well.

Today I at camp we had instructer Lloyd come to talk to us about eating healthy. Right after that I left. I left because I had soccer tryouts and I wanted to rest before I had to go. Tryouts were fun we ran 9 laps and then we did 4 scrimmiges. I at least had three goals and 4 assists. Since I had soccer tryouts I did not have time to do requirements. I was really tired after tryouts though. Tommorow is the first day of school for me. And we still have tryouts again tommorow. Tonight were getting everything together for school tommorow. I am exicted that school is here, NOT.

helped out with a great junior/senior tigers testing! they all did great and made us proud

Kate Skate was amazing. It kind of looked like a disco.  I had to rent skates because mine would work.  Its OK because they were included.  We played this one game called wipe out. When the music stops you have to get down on the floor and yell.  The winner gets an all girl or all boy skate. I hope to go back.  It was my favorite place all year long.

Crazy rough start however all I need to do is get past tomorrow and then I can start a somewhat realistic schedule till the end of the month.  I may be last on the list for requirements but I will catch up.  Since running is always a struggle I have been trying to focus on that with the time I do have available. 

I finished my white belt essay today.  Yesterday Master Moon taught us the correct pronunciation of some of the terms in kwonsool and how to say black belt in Korean.  It sounds like commontee.  Yesterday I was glad to see my mentee's poomsae had improved since we have been working on it.  

Last night we worked on Hapkido and our 1st Dan self defense. I especially enjoy the hapkido and feel like if I were ever in a situation where I needed to get away from an attacker that the hapkido would definitely come in handy and hopefully be easily recalled. I do need to practice the 1st Dan so that it flows more, however, I think it is coming along. The burpees are getting slightly easier, notice I said slightly. :) 

Made plans today to run, finish todays worth of requirements, and then some. Also planning on working on the History of The Kwans this week. Feeling good and confident on what I learned last night and just trying to not get another injury. 

Today I finished all the requirements I could and I'm doing pretty well. I started late on poomsaes and self defense, but I'm done now.  I'm starting to really get into a habit, which I'll have to keep up or else I'll get behind. I need to do more sparring rounds, jump rope rounds, and pull ups.

early in the morning when i was at camp i did my 250 pushup and situps. it made me so tired that i could barely play the game that the whole camp played. it was fun. i have to work on going from a dead hang on my pullups and bringing my chin higher. i also have to work on wang ho 2.

Today I did all my push-ups and sit-ups during commercials of a one hour show.  And I am going to Canada so it's going to very very hard to do my requirements. I will try my best.

today, I was supposed to go to the spraygrounds with summer camp.   Instead I used the time to get in a mile walking.   That was ok by me, I'm not crazy about the spray grounds.  I was able to get both leadership one and two credits during camp, and a mentee session!  I'm also still doing my white belt challenge.  I'm going to try to start that essay soon.  

I went to sparring class in Huntersville today. We did a lot of kicking and drills. I got credit for a lot of sparring rounds. It started raining during class and when I left, I saw a rainbow right over the King Tiger sign! It was really cool. I learned that I can do two roundhouse kicks without touching the ground. I still land on my butt though. ;) I ran two miles today. I didn't walk once and I finished in just over 20 minutes. I felt so proud of myself! I had a good day overall.

Today I got a lot of things done. I got a mentee session in, a mentor session in, my regular class, and black belt class. It has been I long day and Im ready to get some sleep.

Today i had a mentee and a mentor session.

Today I had camp. We went to the sprayground and the park. The park was the best part though. After that we took class. Master Mitchell taught class today. He let me lead warm ups today in class. After class I got in some requirements. Today I could not take Black Belt class today. Tommorow are the soccer tryouts and I thougt it was best that we go practice one more time before tryouts. But today was a good day. Wish me good luck for tryouts tommorow.

Today I had a ton of meetings and had to spend the entire afternoon in the office...then I had a board of director's meeting for Ben's school.  So it was a day just working out on my own with no classes (which felt strange).  But, I did push ups, sit ups, poomsaes, etc in my office between meetings, ran at lunch time, and now I'm finishing up. While I missed classes this evening, it was good to volunteer my time to help the school. Last year we finally secured a new location ( which has been a goal of the board for the past 3 years) and we met at the new location, saw the construction, and it felt really good.  We could all smile at the accomplishment!

Natasya and I are working very hard on pooms so I WILL BE VERY STRONG.  

today i woke up same as yesterday, not feeling to well...or awake. i did however have a motivation to get things done, i went home and ate breakfast, then i went to my high school and helped out with arranging school letters for community service hours. this was a slow and boring process but i did meet new people and help out. after, i went home and worked out. i made very careful i went over all my forms and self defense correctly. my workout, especially my sit ups and pull ups, were very difficult today. after i was done, i relaxed for a bit and went to the 4:45-5:45 class and got a mentee session in (which i am very happy i got in). now im at home, i have to eat dinner, shower, and read. hopefully tomorrow i will clear up from this feeling of sickness soon. 

I took a CPR/First Aid class today and I was shocked at some of the information that the instructor provided.  He cautioned that if you help someone, you can be held liable if something goes wrong.  He stressed this so strongly that it made me consider would it be worth it.  L  I decided that it’s more important to do the right thing and help anyone that needs it (if I know how).  And that if something is happening to me, I pray that someone will risk helping me! It was tough getting up this morning.  I’ve got to find a way to get in bed earlier at night.  Going to bed at 11pm and getting up at 4am, and pushing myself physically, can’t go on forever.

I really enjoyed Black Belt Camp this past Saturday. I wanted to post about it over the weekend but my laptop was having issues. I realize that I have made some choices since I got my 1st Dan Black Belt that have caused me to not be as prepared as I wanted to be at this point. I have looked to food for comfort while unhappy or stressed, instead of recognizing it for what it is... fuel, not comfort. I really believe that starting the cycle at this time was the best thing for me to do to get out of this place. I think the challenge will prove (like it did last time) to be tough but so rewarding and beneficial. It will be beneficial physically, emotionally and mentally. If I could speak to someone considering doing a Black Belt cycle that may still apprehensive, I would say it is...

Flew in last night from Texas and immediately started push-ups and poomsaes! A little behind but hoping to catch up by the end of this week. 

Today I did most of my requirements. First Instructor Randle gave me a self defense mentoring session, which really helped me review and learn. Then I helped out with class. I got two leadership credits! After that I went to Dream Team where we practiced staff attack/defend. After that I went home, ate dinner, and did my push ups. Later I worked some more on self defense and poomsaes. Then I recorded my requirements.

I haven't been on the website because I didnt know how to use it, but now I do and I need to start filling out the days I did in my journal but not on the website. I also had my first mentee session today and Im on the white belt challenge this week. Im scared to fall behind on the cycle but I will try my hardest to do the best I can.

This is the third time that I have written this journal entry.  It has been erased twice so now I am going to rewrite it.  I read a quote today by an english poet that said, "we first make our habits, then our habits make us."  I had to think about this one for a while.  Everyone has habits.  We can have bad habits like using bad language, we can have good habits like exercising or showing respect by saying, "Yes, Sir."  Or we can have habits that don't really matter like taking a shower every night before we go to bed.  This summer I had some bad habits.  One was that I would wake up, sit at the computer and play on the computer until lunch.  This is a bad habit and it could make me a lazy person that could starve.  A better habit would be to wake up,...

these next few weeks are ganna be killer! cross country from 7-9 work from 10-4 then tkd from 6-8. monday through friday...gotta love the bb cycle! cant wait to get it done already haha

So today was my first day back at work after a week’s vacation.  The day went by really fast but only because I had a lot to do.  Tomorrow the first half of my day will be spent doing a CPR/First Aid Refresher training course for work. I’ll be leaving work soon to head over to King Tiger to teach Junior Tigers class.  I really enjoy being around the younger kids because they are always so enthusiastic, even when it’s Red Stripe day!  I'll be working with my mentee, Hallie, before class. Then hopefully I’ll get to work with my mentor, Master Cavazos.  I actually began working with him at the beginning of July.  And it’s a good thing too because there’s lots to learn!  J  I hope everyone is taking full advantage of their mentor.  Remember, they are there to help you, but it’s up to you to ask them...

I am tired and sore now.  I need more rest.  But, I just got home from picking up Jess from softball practice and work starts at 7am tomorrow... But I think I have the 3rd Dan 1-steps memorized. I still need to work on them, they aren't fluent in my brain yet, but with a pause or two, I can remember them all now. I'm not sure why this set seemed so difficult for me to remember, but it was.  

Today I had a mentor meeting with Master Knight. We practiced Basic Form #2 and #3 and also Wang Ho 1. Today I did 15 random acts of kindness. And I did 185 pushups and situps. It was a pretty good day today.

Today was the first day of board breaking camp at south Charlotte, and I have to say that we have a great bunch of kids this week! I'm ready to do an awesome demo with them! Also I had my first meeting with my mentee, William, and it went really well. I plan to knock out five meetings this week. Also I was super stoked to hear about all the credits for black belt camp. I had a great time, so the credits are an extra bonus! Thanks so much!

Today I did not go to camp today. But I still got In a lot of requirements. Then I went to the orthodontist to get my colors changed. I changed them to green. I got back had lunch, Chick fil- a, and got right back to my requirements. Today I doubled up and got to practice soccer. Soccer tryouts start on wenesday wish me luck.

I went to class in Belmont today. I had 1 mentor meeting with Master Cavazos before my class. We worked on sticks, specials 1 and 2, self defenses and hapkido. I now know numbers 1-19. I need to practice #'s 17, 18, and 19 in hapkido very badly. I also need to work on special 2. I learned a lot from that session.I also worked with my mentee today. After his class, I helped him with Oh Chang and blue belt self defenses.     I have made some progress on doing pull ups from a dead hang. I can get up a little bit higher. My burpees are getting a little bit easier too. There's still a lot to do but now it's not as intimidating. I'm also not feeling as sore as I was on Day 1. I'm still feeling it though. Especially in my shoulders. I'm feeling really good...

This week is a week of three things.   White belt challenge, leadership credits and mentee sessions.  The white belt challenge and leadership cresdits were easy.  The mentee session not so much.  The person I was supposed to mentor was not there today.  He won't be in class for the rest of the week either, so I had to find some one else to mentor.  Luckily, I found someone else.  She agreed to let me mentor her for the rest of the week.  

Today i played with my friend Warner also i swam in my pool.

Today I started my requirements earlier in the morning and was finished before lunch.  I'm glad I had a little head start with my requirements, since I did not do any yesterday.  I was in Greensboro since Saturday afternoon and got home 11 pm last night.  We went river tubing for the first time and it was a lot of fun.  I also started my white belt essay.  I looked over my study guides and see that I need to brush up om my Korean terms. 

today i finally hit my crash, i had a terrible time waking up and i woke up sick, i felt horrible and exhausted. i finally got my workout done and went to class, earned leadership credits, but today was a difficult day. i hope tomorrow will be way easier. i have learned today that i may have to learn some new self defense for the cycle, this could be good or bad. i need to keep myself on track and stay with my schedule. 

today i finally hit my crash, i had a terrible time waking up and i woke up sick, i felt horrible and exhausted. i finally got my workout done and went to class, earned leadership credits, but today was a difficult day. i hope tomorrow will be way easier. i have learned today that i may have to learn some new self defense for the cycle, this could be good or bad. i need to keep myself on track and stay with my schedule. 

yesterdays class was great! my computer wasnt letting me save/upload credits yesterday so i had to do it today. But i had a great time in class and in black belt camp! good refresher on the staff attack/defend form. I also saw what i need to work on before the pretest

Today was a pretty good day! I got all my stuff done (except push ups and sit ups, which I have built up) and I got to go to see the Lion King broadway play with my mom and grandma. It was nice getting to doll up after a week of sweaty do boks. The play was amazing, and one thing I thought was interesting was that all the dancers were really fit (which is expected, but still) and it reminded me if I work hard I can be that healthy too. Looking forward to another week of helping with TKD summer camp!

today i went to the white water raft center with my friends for a birthday party and it was not only fun, but physically demanding. we woke up and had a good breakfast, then left and got our tickets. the first thing we did was the high ropes corse, the 3 hardest ones they had. the first one was intermediate, the second one was difficult, but the third one was borderline insane. we were really tired at the end of that so we decided to go kayaking, we found a sandbar in the river and swam for a bit. after that was over, we had lunch and went to where we were going to be briefed for our raft reservations safety class. there were alot of rules and things to remember but we got our safety equipment on and were assigned a raft guide. we went down alot of rapids from...

today i did a poomsae on bubble rap. it was funny beacuse every where i went i heard a pop. my brother told me say excuse me even though i did not fart. he also told me to turn my feet in another direction when doing the poomsae that i did.

I did a lot today. I still need to do some requirements, but I'll get them done. I need to focus on eating healthy, getting my sleep, and doing requirements and essays. I really need a jump rope for the cycle and I'm getting a pull up bar. I walked 1.5 miles today which doesn't sound like much, but when it's hot like it was today  it's exhausting. My face was pink and I was sweating hard. Later I went to the pool to cool down. It helped a lot.  I also took some pictures of my dog. I've got a great picture that I'm editing and so far it looks great. Photography is my new skill this cycle.

I really like Sundays because I can spread out my training throughout the day.  I was able to accomplish quite a bit in between doing household chores.  There’s always something that needs to be done so you really have to manage your time wisely.  J Tomorrow is the beginning of another week and another opportunity to knock out lots of requirements!

Today I went to church and saw my friend max.  I wanted to have him over but I had homework to do.   I spent today working on my essay on the non living hero.  I chose to write about rosa parks.  Ran/walked three miles at Mallard creek.  This is a tiring process, but it's worth it!

After a day of fun at the lake, I knocked out most of my requirements and went for a run on a track by a school.   I ran most of my 1.5 miles.  I stopped to walk and get water a few times.  I need to work on that.  I walked another 1.5 miles after that.

At noon, Roxy and I went for a 3 mile run.  Anticipating how hot we'd be, I wore my swimsuit and went directly to the pool to cool down afterwards. (Master Burkhart, you'll be doing this soon, too!  :) ). It was great to lay on the tanning shelf with my ears under the water and meditate...listening to my breathing slowly return to normal.  I completed all my self defenses against Scott in the pool and all my kicks. Today I did all Wang Ho poomsaes.  I had all my requirements done by about 5pm and it felt great to have it behind me for the day.