Candidate Journals

Took 4 classes today and I finally understand bolo and hapkido 4. :)

Today I woke up and got ready for school, I had 2 test today and I did well on them. After school I went home did my requirements then I went to soccer after that o had dinner.

Tomorow is the day I have band & band camp again. Band camp is always fun to be in but can be physically demanding. That part is ok but instrumentation can be terrible sometimes because you not only have to march, but you also have to play at the same time.

Today I went to school to see what my other class are. It is very hard to do requirements and homework at the same time. After school I went home to practice my songs for band. When I was done practicing my song I went to band and had a good time.

Yet another exhausting day on cycle! Today was the first day of feast for this year which feast is the co-op that I go to on Wednesdays and this is going to make our Wednesdays very very very very very very very very very very very very very very exhausting to say the least because after that we went to taekwondo 🥋 and we ended up being a little late for class but it's not that big a deal took a class and then helped with a class and then I went to fraternus Which if you haven't seen any of my previous journals is a church program. It's also very involved. Well the rest of my family went to Costco and anyway, that's about it

Today was a big day. I had school all day and after that I had soccer practice. Then I headed up to North Charlotte where I took sparring class and black belt class. Overall, today was pretty productive.

Today was possibly one of the most exhausting days of my life. We had our first day of co-op and then afterwards we went to two taekwondo classes. One to help and then I had to drop Henry off at church and then we went to Costco and we're finally home and I feel like I could collapse and go to sleep right this second.

Today school was really boring, I didn't really do anything all day. I had a meeting after school for deca which was fine. When I got home I worked on some homework and got ready for class. I worked on some of my rolling and falling and my poomsae before class. Today I got to help with the little tigers class and got to take sparring. I worked on some of my combinations and got to spar a lot of people I don’t usually spar. When I got home I went on a run and did the rest of my requirements.

Wow today was a lot, up for my normal workout, home for a quick shower and then rushed to ft mill for some plant meetings, back to Charlotte to pickup a textbook for my oldest daughters college course, out to Belmont to grab weapons I left there, home for a quick dinner and then did the sparring and black belt classes at north Charlotte. I am exhausted, but it was really good to get the intensity of 2 classes on a row.

today I woke up went on a run then walked to the park and practice there then I headed to tkd that’s alll! Nightt!

Today I woke up around 5ish and I stayed up and watched tv until I got up at 6:45. I thought I was able to take my time but my bus came early and I missed the bus. My mom had to take me to school. School was good today. I walked my mile today since I could not run. When I came home I was still in pain so I did not go to tkd tonight. I was able to do modified exercises but I couldn't do kicks. I relaxed a little before dinner and Im going to bed soon. 

Today I got so much homework I have to write a news paper article on The SDG's look it up if you don't know what they are. Then I went to North Charlotte for black belt class but I forgot sparring was first so I just took both. Then I had Mcdonalds for dinner and they gave me a frozen hawiian punch instead of regular but I'm not complaining.

today was extremely busy, even though I had less homework I still got home pretty late, and I went to north Charolotte for sparring class. I had to study for 2 tests tomorrow so I'm very tired.

Today I woke up and was super tiered from yesterday but I had to go to school after school I was going to go to tae kwon do but my mom said I should go to my youth group. After I got home I ran and now I am about to sleep.

Today I woke up, went to school. After school I went to taekwondo for a shin kickers class and a sparring class. After class I got a mentee session in with Libby. Overall today was a good day.

Today I had a dentist appointment I got my teeth painted. Then I went back to school. Then I went to king tiger after school. I did both menti and mentor sessions. Then I went to church . That’s it bye bye 

Hi today was very exciting cause I went to the dentist and then I went to king tiger after school and then helped out did leadership and then I did a mentor and menti sessin then I went to church now I'm home byyyyy.

today was just as long and insufferable as every other day of this cycle. wake up, requirements, school, extracurriculars, sleep. tomorrow is going to be an even longer day than today sadly. good luck to everybody else, because i know this is hard for me.

Today I went to school and we all had to take 3 tests and I never finished 1 which means tommorw I have to. After school I went to my dads house and I ate then went to taekwondo which was so fun. Then soon after taekwondo I went to my moms house and I did my homework and we are about to watch the rest of the new season of wensday. But bye yall.

Today is Monday. And it's also Labor Day. That means no school. And I also have no school tomorrow. Because tomorrow is a teacher's workday. So that means we only have a 3 day school week. And that also means no taekwondo. I slept in until 11 this morning. And I got up and started doing my stuff. I’m trying to get my stuff done fast. I still have to run. But I’m going to do that a little bit later. It's hot outside.

September 3 - Entry # 23 Woke up and went to school. We made butter in science class. It was fun to make, but it didnt taste very good. After school, we went to my great grandparents house and surprised my great grandma with cake for her birthday. She turned 82 today! When we made it home, I did my requirements then rode my bike for a little. Now im getting ready for bed. Been a pretty busy day to be one of my "off" days. 

Today, I woke up and it turns out the running water is not working, so I had to get up at 6:00, and take a shower, brush teeth, etc., at my grandpa's house. At school, I had to run to class, but when I got there I realized that I could get new library books.

I was doing really well with my journals, but have missed a couple now.  Big thank you to Master Burkart, we spent about 2 hours together on Monday working through the curriculum, and I feel a lot more confident on a lot of the requirements.  I have a few more things to lock in, but I'm super close.  On the physical requirements, everything is hard this week.  Pushups, runs, pullups, etc all are weak.  I'm not sure what's going on, but I'll figure it out.  

Yesterday I went to black belt class in Belmont which was fun, I learned another hapkido. Aside from that I didn’t do much aside from go to school and have dinner.

Today was my first day of classes. The first one I went to was... well, I still have yet to go to any classes. I don't have any on Tuesday. So I guess tomorrow I will get an actual first day of class. Today, I was doing a few things and getting my first Tono Tuesday BOGO deal. Buy one get one pizza is the best. I spent most of the day writing emails and taking notes before class.

Today was the first day back to the dojang , From the holiday. It was a good day. I was able to teach the family class today. It was really large and unexpected. Things went well. I was able to have a lot of assistance so I was able to get them in some small groups to work on things they needed to and of course it was Red stripe. This week my goal is to kind of finish working on my test to make sure I get all my answers on there and to make one trip to Harrisburg so I can work on sparring a week weekday black belt class credits, since I can’t go on Wednesdays for this month

Business class gave us a project in class today. School has started to pick up and work is starting to flow into standard (not easy) assignments. Today I took time to study more in prep for the written test. I got a good run in before school and took a nap after.

Today was my first day of school. I got to see my friends that I haven't seen in awhile but there was no new people. I did have a lot of homework but I was able to get it done at home.

Today I went to school and we did the same thing as always and then I came home and I went to trail life and did worthy life and I ate dinner before that which was chili. Then I went to run and then went home. I’m going to the football game at my school tomorrow then going to class. Goodnight. 

I didn’t do much.  I had school and then I went to camp and then I went to football practice and then requirements now I’m brushing my teeth.

Today i went to school then i went to king tiger belmont and while i was there i practiced 1st don one step green belt one step and red belt one step.

Today I went to school which was really chill. During study hall I got to help the little kids with their homework. When I got home I worked on some of my homework and got ready for taekwondo. At black belt class we did self defenses and I got to work on some of the ones that I was struggling with. When I got home I went on a run and did my requirements. I started to clean my closet but I decided that I would finish it another day. Now i’m gonna go to sleep.  

Today was mostly a normal day but I had an eventful afternoon. I had a soccer game that lasted about 2 and a half hours. It went into double overtime and penalties. We eventually came out on top with our goalie coming up big. So now I've been in a pretty good mood for the rest of the evening. But I did some homework and about to go to bed.

Today I was able to run a mile on the track at school during recess. I went to KT after school and helped with the jr tiger class. I did my homework and the rest of my requirements after dinner and finished my run. 

I woke up at 7:00 for school but I started and finished some of my requirements. School was pretty alright, there wasn't any ice cream like there usually was. At my fourth block which is EL, we were reading a new chapter which I already read, so I just read a comic book until we were done. I got out of practice extremely late, and I got home at like 8:30. So I'm deciding to run 2 miles tomorrow, but that's my day goodnight!

today was the same as every other tuesday thus far. cycle has become so repetitive, uneventful, and mind-numbing that ive basically lost all of my drive to get up and perform my best. im trying to stay posi

Back to work today, lots of catching up after a week of vacation, due to the testing Abigail and I decided to go to Belmont for the Black belt class, it was nice to see how other locations do it. Worked on self defenses and hopkido. Thanks Master shin for letting us join! 

Felt a little better today. Was able to run for a mile with my Dad. Went to lower class today.

Today I went to school and to a Blackett class where we worked on red belt self defense

Today I had school, and the work is actually starting this week and I have to start focusing to balance the rest of my cycle work with schoolwork. After school, I had some snacks and was chilling for a bit before I started my requirements. I did 1.7 miles today and got average time, didn’t improve that much but didn’t do bad. I was facetiming my sister for a while and then had taekwondo classes. I helped out in the junior one and worked on blue belt self defense with some kids and then did the senior class. Just a normal class but after class I was working with my mentor and my mentee and my mentor had to help my mentee and watch her because she needed work from her testing last week. I was helping out with that and worked a little on my hurricane back. We worked on them last Saturday and I realized I was doing it wrong so now it’s a little easier but it still needs work. The cycle is slowly getting closer to the end but I just don’t feel confident, especially with sparrin

today was very busy, I had a ton of homework an I didn't have time for exercises except for 1 mile this morning.

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and went to school. Then I ate a snack and did my requirements. After that I read for some time then did my dance practice and went for a mile outside. Finally I did some work and watched tv.  

Today was pretty chill, at school I got my morphing homework, and math homework was easy. After I went home, I still had my cough but it was not that bad so went to class. We did self defense, poomsae, and kicks. After class, I went to my dad house where my mom was waiting with our large mastiff Stella. Then we went to my mom house where I am writing this now. 

Enjoyed the zip lines, climbing wall and rope courses yesterday at White Water Center. Today was back to work. Everything is on track. 

Today I went to school and it was pretty normal. Then I came to king tiger helped out with two classes and did a super long mentor session. After that I had burgers for dinner they were huge.  

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I’ve been a little behind on my logs because I have been really busy, but I’m trying my best to catch up. My day was pretty chill. I went to school. After school I went to taekwondo for a green belt class, and a black belt class. They was four people from lake Norman today, so thats good! We also had a black belt class and we mostly did self defense. Then I went home and had pizza. Im really tired but I only have three days of school left for the week. So thats good. Good night! 🌙 

Today was Sunday. And like any other typical Sunday I woke up, got dressed and went to church. After church we went to my uncle's house. I ate lunch. Then we played his playstation. Then we went to my grandma’s house. My grandma had  huge wasp nests all over her house. So my uncle pressure washed the nest. And they fell. If you want your house pressure washed look up Mcneil Pressure Washing LLC on google. We currently have a 5 star rating. So call and get a quote set up.

so I went to school and finished my letter to future self. I went to king tiger after school and ate snack. I did a menti session & a mentor session. I helped with a class then left . That’s it bye-bye🐯🐅

Today was ok I woke up early so I can catch the bus. After I got on I talked with friends and played on my phone the whole time. When I got to school I got breakfast and went to homeroom, the first few classes were ok less better than nirmal. But at recess I wass playing soccer and got hit by the ball at a fast speed so I went to the nurse to call my mom and I went to the doctor. They said I was ok so thats good. I went home after that and I have just been relaxing. I still feel sore so I cant o requirements today so yeah. Im just relaxing now so goodnight. :)

Today it was my first day back from are long weekend  so I went to school and then I went to king tiger after school then helped out did a menti and then a mentor session then I went home now I'm eating candy byyy.

Normal day, had a quiz in math. Going to church tomorrow with Abraham. Hope you had a good day.

I finally came home from the beach after a long car ride that felt like ages. When I got home I instantly run to my cat to give him a hug. He was very happy to see me.

I went to the State Fair, just like last year. Only this time, I went with my friends from Taekwondo, not from school. I don't interact very much with the rest of the student body at Macalester outside of a select group, all but one of that group having not known me from last year, but this is how I prefer to keep it now. I am in a different place, right on the edge of campus, and I get the chance to start something new. May this year be better than the last.

September 1 - Entry # 22 Today was a good day. Got to sleep in again.. thats always nice. We took the boat out and a few of mine and my sister's friends were able to come with us. We got pulled on the float, and surprisingly didn't get thrown off! Then I came home and showered and got ready for bed. Got an early morning for school tomorrow. 

Today I slept in and after having lunch I was just chilling and playing with my dog and then I went to the vet with my dog and dad because my dog has to bloodshot red spot his elbow. They said it’s some skin thing and we should put a cone on him so he doesn’t lick it. After we came home and were taking care of my dog and then me my sister and my dad went to a burger place. We had a nice time. I came home said bye to my sister because she was going back to college and finished my requirements. I didn’t get to do my run today because it was too late. That was my day.

Today I work up and did my requirements. I had to go pick up my guinea pigs new crate. When I got home from that I had to put it together and I left to go pick up my friend to go to carowinds. We spent most of the day at carowinds but when we got home I went on a run and I cleaned my room. Now I'm gonna go to sleep. 

Today was a pretty chill day. I woke up and i chilled and did my stuff for black belt and i went outside with my friend and we got some stuff that was in pretty good condition that people didnt want anymore. Then we went to my house and went on the trampoline. Then we took my friend home and i ate dinner. Goodnight.

I think September marks the start of the "final stretch" of the cycle. Focused on more written work than trying to get ahead on requirements today, and I will continue that for the next few weeks. Less than 4 to go!!!!! 

Very chill day.  I played a lot of video games that I don’t get to do much anymore.  I met my friend at the track to run my mile and practice.

Today I finished my Kwans essay and I got my assigned book for the book essay, I ran 3 miles then went to get a mentee session since he’s my neighbor then after that I rested for a bit then I had steak and salad for dinner.

Today was pretty chill because i woke up at 7:30 am and stayed at my dads house for at least a couple of hours then I went to a skating rink with me, my mom, and a old school friend. We stay for about 2 hours or so, soon after I went to Sams Club and tried sushi for the first and I did not like it a lot. Then we went home after dropping my school friend off at her house, when I got home I did my requirements and read for 30 minutes, then im about to lay down for bed to sleep. By yall.

Today was a normal day. First I slept in because I had no school. Then I ate breakfast and read a book. After that I watched tv and went shopping. Finally I went outside to play volleyball with my friends. 

Well we made it to September. It’s feeling like the final stretch. Gotta get on my essays but I’m feeling good about everything else. 

Today was a good day. Last day of the long weekend so I got up early and played my game for a while. My mom cleaned the floor downstairs so it was going to be wet for a while. Eventually I started doing requirememts. It took me a while since my mom made me do some random stretches and I pulled a muscle but I finished. After I did I cleaned my room and vacuumed around the house. After that the floor downstairs was no longer wet so I went down to play on my ps5 and talk to friends. Later I washed my hair and ever since I finished i've been spending time with my mom but I soon have to go to bed. Goodnight everyone :)

Today was fun. I went thrifting with my friends and goodwill. We found some really funny stuff like shirts and signs that say funny things. I didn't really get that many things though because not a lot of things fit. After that we went to sweet frog. Then I came home and played volleyball and that was fun too because we had a good amount of people. 

Today I woke up late for my day off then I hung out with my friends and went fishing then I did my requirements 

Today I finished my Kwans essay and Digital detox. Then I ran 5 miles not all at once. Next I had football practice from 6:30 to 8:00 I am very tired. I ate chicken and rice for dinner.

Today i went on an adventure for goo jit zu it was not as planed we did not find a single one but it was ok because i was able to play with my cousin.

Today I got to sleep in since it was a holiday. I woke up, did my requirements and then we went to my auntie’s house to swim and eat. I did run on the treadmill when we got back.

Today I woke up went on a walk, then I met with a friend and that’s all. Night!

Today I did my requirements, hung out with a friend and I wrote an essay. It's been a really productive day. Thank you workers for letting us have the day off!

today we just got back from Labor Day vacation at sun outdoors, we had a lot of fun, and I did a lot of my6 requirements. Unfortunately, on Saturday I couldn't get any poomse self-defense or kicks in, but I tried my best along with homework.

So today I did requirements . Went to play with friends. Then I came home and cleaned. Then went back out then I came home and ate dinner. That’s it bye.

Hello today was really fun first I did sit ups It was really nice then I went to play but as I did that I did my mile then we went to the store then we went to Freddy's to eat food  then I came home and cleaned my room well byyy.

today, i haven't really done much. did requirements and played games. just trying to enjoy my day before i have school tomorrow.

My day was good I woke up I did my exersises and then I Did my two mile run and I did my sit-ups push-ups burpees and pull-ups and after that I helped Rotate the tires on My dad"s car and Yeah that was my day 

Today me and my family went fishing and only caught one fish. It was a toad fish and it was really ugly. After fishing we went to a pizza place and ate there. When we were done we went home.

Me and my family went to the beach. We arrived at 12:00pm and we were really tired.

My friend got done with surgery so I went to his house to check up on him and he was really tired. After that I went to help at TKD and had a good time. I went home to play guitar I ate dinner with my family.

On Thursday and Friday in school not much happened and not much happened this weekend either, I’ve been practicing my guitar lately but aside from that not much.

I didn’t do my journal yesterday so today will count as both. Friday,Saturday, and Sunday were filled with things a had to do. Now, I’m coughing and have a very stuffed nose.   

I have most of my requirements done for the day and it feels great. My neck is much, much better now although I won't be training any spinning kicks today. Speaking of... Master Evins went over hurricane kicks this past Saturday and gave us an exercise for practicing those.  I couldn't do much that day, but I'm really looking forward to practicing this week. My diet suffered this past week. I'm going to blame it on the prednisone and, now that I'm finished with that, I have no excuse for getting back on track. The kids want to go back to White Water today so that's probably the agenda - after I cut the grass and send a few emails. Have a good day all.   

I've been slacking on posting (but not on practicing).  It was a good weekend, with classes in Harrisburg on Friday night and North Charlotte on Saturday morning.  We had some friends over on Saturday night to watch the Charlotte FC game.  It was great to catch up with them, it had been too long, and Charlotte got the win (it's always more fun when they win).  I had a very productive time in the park practicing on Sunday.   Today I'm going to start at White Belt and work my way up through all of the requirements in order.  Just starting at white belt and working my way up.  I don't typically do it this way, primarily because it takes a long time, and I don't typically have that much time in one sitting.  The Labor Day holiday is really going to help with that.   Prediction:  Kick Defense and Hapkido will be my...

Today is August 31st, we have officially made it to September. That flew by very fast, but I am grateful to have been able to accomplish all that I have this month. One major improvement is that my shin and legs do not feel like I am walking on hot coals as I walk / jog. That may also be due to my shoes I brought ,but the consistently of walking / jogging has helped. Thought I am not where I used to be and I have to take more breaks , I am happy with this. I am also proud that I have been able to teach classes at the Dojang. That has been a fun addition to my weekly routine. This month will be a little challenging, with my wife having to sing on the praise team on Wednesday nights. I will have to go to Harrisburg or Huntersville...

Today was my rest day! My sister’s friend stayed over last night and we watched a movie till late. I’m pretty close with her too so it’s cool. We made breakfast together and were listening to songs for some time. Then we were watching some random TV while my dad made lunch. I ended up watching Avatar the last airbender episodes. It’s one of my favorite shows. I was just lazing around for some time and then I went to clean my bunk bed cupboards out because I’m getting a new bed. I listened to some murder stories while I did that. Then I made some meal prep food, Pad Thai, and it turned out really good. I showered and am chilling now.

Poomsae class was awesome today. We did an exercise where each step was broken down into two counts. The first count was the prep and the second count was the finish. 

August 31 - Entry # 21 Today was a pretty good day.. just spent time with my mom and dad. My sister went to my grandpa's for the weekend. I woke up, ate breakfast, then did some requirements. Rode bikes with a few of the neighborhood kids, we had a campfire and made s'mores. Finished my requirements, then got ready for bed. We plan to take the boat out tomorrow for labor day. We got a new float to be pulled on, so im excited about that.

Man this cycle is flying by. Just finished my no technology challenge. I actually really enjoy it, but it was actually pretty hard this year. I’ve gotten into some bad habits that this helped me see. Got lots of chores done!

Today was a good day. I woke up and went to a different campus for our church. It was okay but I like one we usually go to better. I worked on my requirements and then played with friends the rest of the day. I'm glad we get a break from school and I get to stay up a little longer. I hope everybody has a good night :) Bye!

Spent majority of today working on requirements, unfortunately I have been falling behind since school started. It's hard waking up on the wrong side of 5:00am and not getting back home to rest until 9:00pm some days.

Today I woke Up went to the shoe store and got new shoes then I went on a bike ride and after I took a walk and that’s about it. Night!!

today, i went and hung out with my girlfried. we went to lunch and rode around. i went to my grandparents house also. me and my mom just got back from hanging out and now im gonna make some food and hit the hay.

So I have not managed to do a journal entry in a little while so here we go this time this is going to be weird for my regulars I don't know if I have any regulars but anyway this was not as exhausting as most other days and apparently dad's car broke down at 3:00 in the morning and apparently Mom told me about it and then left to go deal with it but I do not remember any of that at all but aaanyway we did not end up going to mass I'm not even sure why but we made french toast for brunch and the biggest thing was probably going to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner and we had ribs and corn on the cob and some sort of broccoli salad and some kind of onions I don't remember but it was good we had brownies a la...

Today was awful. My husband's car broke down on 485 last night and I had to go rescue him and we had to wait for state troopers for a jump and 3 hours later, we still ended up having to leave it there and get it towed today. I'm so tired....

Today was a chill day. I was able to play some video games with my friends.

Today, I did a lot of stuff, like go places with my cousins. It was very fun. We were at a festival where we ate food, and went on rides.

Today was a normal day. First I woke up and had my math class. Then I watched tv and read for some time. Then I ate lunch and did the laundry. After that I had my music class and I went outside and played volleyball with my friends.

Today I woke up and I had an SAT class in the morning and then I went for a run and did my requirements. Then I went outside with my friends and we played volleyball for a bit and then after that we played a game called infection which is basically tag/hide and seek and we used like half of the neighborhood for it. Me and a few of my friends went into the trail in our neighborhood and then we found this separate trail that led up this hill behind the houses. We were there for a while but then my other friend who wasn't a tagger came and found us and he said he didnt get tagged but then he tagged us because he lied. After that we played another round but it was getting late so we went back to the court to play more volleyball and then...

Today we stayed for the most part. I did my homework in the morning and then finished my requirements. Then I watched a lot of tv. We went out for dinner and then I did my run.