Candidate Journals

Today was the day of the black belt cycle pre test. I was exited but at the same time worried. I woke up and fell back to sleep to hear my mom saying stop oversleeping. I got ready put my dog in her crate and gave her a dog treat and got in my car. I stopped at chick-fil-a to get a biscuit and hashbrowns. I arrived at Grand Master Evins dojang and my mom told me that breakfast was over. I got out and entered to see a lot of familiar faces. I practiced with one of my friends on self defense and we soon started the pre test. We first warmed up with exercise, then went into the written exam (which I think i did horrible on). After that we did poomsaes and i think i did really well on them. My mom soon picked me up and I...

It was Saturday morning and I woke up at 5:40am to the words of "PARKER WE GOTTA GO!!!!!." I immediately jump out of my amazing and comfortable bed when I heard those words. "I'm up I'm up!" I said as I finally get up and I go in the kitchen to make a egg and cheese biscuit for breakfast. When I finished breakfast me and my dad hopped in the truck to go to the Black Belt Pretest that starts at 7:00. While I was in the car my friends from TKD where blowing up my phone saying "Are you here yet?" And "I'm soooo nervous what about you.", and yes I was nervous but I said "No." As we arrived there we did the physical test which I think I did the best on that part of it then we did the hand-written test I didn't do so good on...

Happy New Year! It's a great time to start our black belt cycle. I started doing requirements on 1/1. The last time I tested the cycle ran during the summer. I'm loving it being cold for runs. I'm already liking the winter/spring cycle better. Today, I did my usual of getting Jovi out to school. I came home and did some exercise requirements. Spent a good portion of the day getting some work done. Fixed dinner for the family. Went to a great Friday evening black belt class with Jovi. Hope everyone has a great start to the cycle. I'm feeling really upbeat and wishing everyone the same. 

Just testing to see if it my journals post yet. I'm kind of using this week to prepare and organize myself. Doing a few requirements but trying to not overdo it. Wednesday was the first workout of the year (and since and November) and I can feel it.  Closing chapters to things. Preparing for this journey. I'm so excited for the new year! 

Trying to familiarize myself with the BB site layout. Saturday is coming and it's going to be a beautiful day. 70 degrees, with a slight breeze from the west. Birds chirping overhead cheering the candidates on. Or, it might be a balmy 20 degrees, with sleet pelting you sideways, with vultures circling overhead. Either way, it's going to be memorable

So today was a go go day at work, got home and worked no a car, made dinner, and was a happy to get a little requirements in not as  many as I wanted. But still ok.

After black belt class today I was able to spend the rest of the day with my daughter who came home from college this weekend.  I'm taking her back to Greensboro tomorrow, so I'll miss the Mint Hill Park training with Master Dege and Master Burkhart.  I always look forward to that training.  Master Dege and I are really polishing up our creative form.  We're both really happy with how it turned out.  We just need to make sure we are spot on with timing and position.  

hey guys!! today i went to sparring and black belt class. i was able to knock out a lot of requirements during that time. there were actually guests that came to our house today. and they just left. so now i resumed to doing my requirements. hope everyone had a good saturday!!!

I'm reading the Alchemist for my essay.  So far I like it...it's adventurous. I still have some requirements to finish for today.

Good Day. I just came back from Jr Instructor camp. It was super fun and I am really very very tired. I am trying to keep myself awake and will probably hit bed soon.

i didn't go to sparring today, but i did help out and go to bbc. after this we're going to pick up my sister from jr instructors and maybe go out from lunch. well, it'll be 3 so maybe lunch-midafternoon snack. midlunch snack? lol, nm but i'll see you guys tomorrow. bye

I'm really excited that there is a black belt class today for requirements. I'm dying my hair today! We bought the purple dye yesterday and I'm going to have streaks in my hair. I'll see everyone in class.

I wasn’t able to journal yesterday because the storm took out my internet.  That storm was pretty scary.  We almost evacuated part of the hospital.  On the bright side, no internet and no cable left plenty of time for requirements!

The weekend is here! I was beginning to think it was gone forever. After a mentor session nobody else came to kickboxing class so I did a personal workout to get in some jump ropes and sparring rounds. After that I went to dinner with some friends which was really fun. 

Today I woke up ready to head to school only for no one to be there, we then went home. I read my phone saying there was a 2 hour delay today because of the tornado damage yesterday. To my surprise later on I heard all CMS schools are closed due to weather conditions. I did my run, my requirements and played playstation.  I will get 2 more essays done this weekend.

After a mentor session today,   The saying came to my mind that I have seen before. If you do not balance your way first then your movers are flower fists and silky legs.

hey guys! today was a fun day. we didn’t do anything at school, it was more of a chill day. i went to tkd and knocked out a mentor session. im planning to go to sparring and black belt tomorrow.  well that’s about it! bye! 

Well today I had no school, because of the tornado of yesterday. I was really light headed because of what we had to do. It was really tiring that we had to sit in the same uncomfortable position. I had a major headache and I slept as soon as l got back from school. Right now I am going to king tiger taekwondo for the jr. instructors camp.  

Today was a regular day on the cycle. I didn’t have school today so I decided to work on my essays and requirements before I went to Jr. Instructors Camp today. I woke up at 7:30 today because I thought there was school but they called and said no school because of the weather last night.

Today I awoke with a start because someones phone went off from a call from a school saying there wasn't school today. I was ready to wake up already because of a two hour delay but its what ever no school! Today I'm going to get stuff done and relax!

Today we had no school. I was really happy about that, but I hear from my mom that I will be going to TKD early since she has things she needs to do. I started studying for the written test, it's a lot of stuff! Good thing I'm doing it now instead of stressing at the last minute like I usually do. 

Busy day today! Amazon came by to finish setting all my stuff up, the Spectrum dude came by to try to fix my internet issues (he's here now), and after that, I have to go shopping. I'm going to see a life long bucket list item, Andrea Bocelli!! I cannot believe that's happening. While waiting for all these guys to show up, I was able to get some requirements in. I ran outside, that really hurt my lungs because the air is cold. I have a feeling my run time is going to be slower than my pretest because of that. It felt like I couldn't get any air. 1 way to find out I guess, here's hoping for a warmer day on physical test day!

Good Morning. This morning I got to sleep in a little more. No school today for us. Yesterday we had to stay in the tornado position for an hour or so. I have been working on my assignments now and will start my requirements soon. Have a good day!

3 hour delay today!  My breakfast this morning is yummy!  I have school and then I have to get ready for Junior Instructors camp.  I’m excited to go!  Going to get some requirements done before school today.

Today was an out of the ordinary day. We got the warnings at work and were told to go to an interior room. Thank goodness since one wall of my office is windows. We stayed there for a while, and since we had our cell phones, we listened to the weather and heard that there were some tornadoes that touched down nearby and maybe in Charlotte. Some of those in my office left for home after we were cleared to go back to our office. I went back to work, but I did leave due to flooding so I would be home before dark. I had no issues, but others weren't so lucky. I logged in to work when I got home too. As if that wasn't enough excitement for one week, it is possible that I will be the only one in my office tomorrow. Since Trump is supposed to...

Today was a long and scary day. We sat in the hallway for 2 hours! A lot of my friends were crying because they were so scared. Good thing there was no tornado and I was able to go back to class. My mom told me we are on a 2 hour delay tomorrow so I get to sleep in! I am excited about Jr. Instructors camp tomorrow, I always have fun.

Today there was heavy wind and raining at my high school. I thought it was only a storm but I heard there was a tornado warning everywhere. It didn't really affect us as much. After school I did my requirements and finished my school work. Then went to sparring class.

Today we had a tornado warning which really turned into a real tornado and it touched the ground though it was about 5 miles away in Gastonia. I was seated under a table and a lot of people were scared except for my class. hope everyone was safe during that time!!

Today I woke up and went to school. At school there was a tornado warning so I had to go to a small room and crouch down with all the other fifth graders. When we were 1 hour through we got to sit up. We still stayed there for like three more hours though. After that we went back to the classroom and watched a movie while eating lunch and playing games. Later, when I got home I went to lake Norman for sparring class. So that’s all for now!

Today was a scary day. It was raining very hard in the morning. When I got to school we had math and science as normal. BUT...... When we went to ELA there was a tornado warning! We all had to go out in the hallway and duck and cover it was painful we had to sit there for 2hr my back started to ache. At 30min the tornado struck. There were very hard winds and strong rains. It was so strong that in the 1st grade hallway part of the roof flew off the main building!! The first graders were very scared most were crying they were all getting soaked. For 5th grade people were crying but not as much. After the 2hrs it was already 1:30. Past lunchtime!!!! So we had lunch in the classroom. So our teacher let us play on the computers for the rest of the time....

Was going to take the day off on requirements and work on a car. But got some in after I found out the auto parts store sold me the wrong part????‍♂️.  Hopefully you don't have the right part tomorrow.

well, i'm journalling again today because some pretty interesting things happened (atleast for me, idk ab u) but i was in the middle of english and suddenly the teachers start corralling everyone into the halls and they're not telling us why so we stay huddled in the hallway for 2 hrs and it's way too dark for 11am outside. some people start crying bc they're scared and we eventually learn that it's a tornado or tornadOES, plural. after that i ate lunch in a classroom and went home early and did my requirements and now i'm here. besides that, someone brought in a shoe box to spanish containing nike air force 1s. they were in men's, and they were size 13. i'm not going to say much, but whoever that person's giving the shoes to must have way bigger problems than the rest of us (if u get it, u get...

Today was a crazy day,in the morning it was drizzling and went outside for P.E and played taps and tag.then we went inside that’s when all the madness happened,ten minutes later after our class started the rain started pouring down and the power went out at my school and house.and we had to go to the front of the school,and there was a lot of kids.after an hour and a half we went back to our rooms and ten minutes later we had another warning ⚠️.and we waited for 45 minutes and the warning was over and we went to another class to watch moana.then the power came back on.the we left and had to wait outside in the pouring rain.so bye hope there not going to be a ???? tornado 

hey guys! wow didn't expect for a tornado to almost hit us. we had a 30-minute tornado cover warning at school. but anyways all of the tests that i took today were surprisingly easy- which is good. i didn't have any homework when I got home so I started on my requirements right as i came home from school. hope everyone had a great rainy day!

so i'm currently at school rn while writing this, but don't worry school hasn't actually started yet so i have a lil bit of time to journal before classes start. things have been busy but i will journal tomorrow, or at least really try to. good morning to yall and i'll see u later

Good morning. Yesterday I finished all my requirements. Did my mentee session as well. Today is going to be a long day again. Have a good day!

Another rainy day!  I wish it would snow!!!  Not much new today.  I have school, soccer practice, and black belt class.  If it keeps raining I will probably not have soccer practice.  All my essays are done, and I only have 10 Miles to go.  Feeling pretty good!

Today in class we worked with Master Hartle. I did back leg side kicks, poomsaes and self defense. After class I went home and finished my requirements. I'm tired and ready to get some sleep.

Today I went to school and worked on a few projects. When I got home I got ready for dance class and ate something. I also received my report card today. After I came home from dance class I took a shower and ate dinner. Later I did my homework, projects, and requirements. So yeah...

I’m really sick but I still go to school because I need to get a good education but besides that schools really good everything’s going pretty smoothly not very much homework but the homework I do have pretty easy I have a test tomorrow that I’m prepared for and I hope I did really good but besides that yeah pretty good pretty good can’t wait to have black belt tomorrow bue

I had a really good day today. School wasn’t difficult and I didn’t have much homework. After all of my daily afternoon stuff and tkd classes (which were really fun) I got to go home. My dog for a while has been very shaggy so today she got a haircut. The hair stylists pretty much shaved her and she is super soft now. I’m also jealous because of the shampoo which smelled amazing. Anyways today was great and I love my dog.

Today was another of those days that went by in a blur. I worked from home in the morning because we had an appointment. I got to the office just before lunch just in time to go get some with a couple of coworkers. After lunch we had a team building event, we went ax throwing. After throwing axes we went to a nearby brewery and chatted for an hour and a half. I got some good work in on my requirements in the morning and after I came home.

Leader ship is not about being the best, Leader ship is about making everyone else better.

Today was a good day. First I had school, in science we learned about force and motion. We are going to have a project on Friday were we each bring our own how wheel cars and drive them on ramps to see how gravity is a force. I got home late today so I had no time to do my requirements. I went directly to king tiger to help out with class got leadership 1&2. I also did a mentee program with Vidyuth. Then I had dinner. I am going to bed. BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today I went back to school finally after the water break. They aren't done with the flooring yet and you can see underneath. It's really weird. They gave a Standing O for my birthday celebration at school and everything wrote nice things about me on notecards. When I got home I did a mentee session with Gabriel. I worked on making my notecards to study for the written test. My mom and brother helped me write a speech to give to my class so that I can hopefully become Mayor of JA Biztown. 

Sure don't get much satisfaction tracking when the totals don't change. Just realized I hadn't logged in for a few days, so now I'm up to date online. Walked/ran with my friend again after work inside, so I did 100 burpees with 4 each loop. I need to remember to look online at my mentees progress before our sessions. If my mentees read my journals, get up to date online! Some family things happening, so may need to make an unexpected visit home to sort some things out. It is sad that some people take advantage of other people. Getting old is not always a good thing! Wish I had time to read a a book just because. I guess I'll have plenty of time on the plane to Korea. I'll need to load up my kindle with options.

hey guys! today was a tiring day. i didn’t feel that good at school, but i still stayed the whole day. hopefully i’m not catching a cold. i have 3 tests tomorrow that i have to study for. i went to tkd today and helped out with class. well that’s it’s! hope everyone had a good day! 

Today was just plain weird.  Almost every patient I touched today had serious issues that needed to be resolved.  I love being a nurse, but some days are exhausting.  I have a strange pain in my right hip that I feel mostly when I’m kicking with my left leg.  Makes me think my stance is off somehow when all my weight is on that base leg.  It started last night in class and hasn’t really gotten any better.  Might have to pass on kicks tonight.  

Hi guys today at school we had to run a lot at pe I ran ten laps!then when we came in from pe we talked about all of our field trips for a long time and we only had 25 minutes of work ,then went outside for 5 minutes beacause it was raining,so we had indoor recess and lunch.then when we finished lunch we had like a thirty question test until yoga when we went to yoga it stoped raining but at yoga we had a sub so we didn’t get to go outside so we were inside the whole day.after I got picked up from school I went to Tkd and after school was surprised beacouse I was sick even though I am still sick.then I went to tutoring and it was madness!!!then I went to the grocery store to get some food,and now I am going to my house.so...

Dear John   Need to invent a way to create more time. I guess I could try to find my inner Harry Potter and get  charm like Hermine. I could design and develop a time machine and travel back and forth. I could ask Superman to change the axis rotation of the earth. Any of these options will assist you John in getting more training time. Best idea yet is to get some of Master Evins hair and/or DNA and create my own Master Evins. Yes best Idea yet cloning is the way to go then I can train train train as needed.   John 

Busy day today at work, I have a process to write for a huge amount of data and implement it by the end of this week. *whew* Thankfully I have 2 monitors and big scissors to cut through that red tape. Wish me luck! Sparring class was good last night. I am excited that we are going to start practicing 2 on 1 sparring soon. I had a new student start my classes yesterday so that's pretty exciting too! Not much else going on, short entry today! I think I have 5 more of these left. WOOHOO!

Today I got a lot done and I am happy about that. I got Indian for dinner and chick fil a for lunch so that made me happy. I got a leadership 1 and 2 and a mentee session so that's good. 

Good morning. Yesterday from school I went to my classes and then from there to sparring class. It was a good class with lots of stretching and kicks. Waiting for my bus now. Have a good day!

Today is my first day back to school in a week.  I am excited to see my friends, but not excited about school work.  I am going to try and get some requirements done before school.

I had so much homework today, I started when I got home and finished 20 till midnight but I got it done! Going to do my daily requirements and then I’ll be out like a light bulb. School’s starting to ramp up and I’m a little worried about the written exam on the 22nd but I’ve been studying and it’s going well.

Not sure why I thought the written and physical test were later, but I now realize that the 22nd is going to be here before we know it. Need to find time to study. Thankfully oh chang cooperated today. There is no such thing as too much practicing, but sometimes it runs together.

Today Master Marcus and Master Natasya mentored me with my study guide before we started class. Then we did our basic kicks and started doing our sparring afterwards. I received pointers for sparring from Master Marcus.  I received leadership 2 credits for class today. I helped out some of them on the mat with kicks and did my requirements for push ups and sit ups while there. 

Every single day is merging together I’m just bored everything is the exact same every single day but I talk about this today so a little bit better but yeah I

Worrying is a waste of time. It doesn't change anything,  it just messes with your mind and steals your happiness. ????

Today I had a fun sparring class. I got a lot of rounds in. When I take sparring class, I really get stretched. 

Wow, what a warm, beautiful day!  Take it in now, because in the next few weeks, who knows?  Good gym day today, chiseled away at more requirements.  Also got another mentee session in, lots of work on the Bolo form.  Looking forward to a mentor session tomorrow with Grandmaster Evins, and an awesome morning class with some of the other masters!

Today has been pretty stressful. I had a lot of homework last night so i went to bed late. And today I have the same amount and I have a test! But I have gotten all caught up on my numbers and I am on track to finish this cycle!

Today at school we did basketball at recess I 1v1 my friend and won,then after that we had lunch and I had ASIAN CAFE and it was good.then we had our math test and I think  I did good on it.then we had violin and after violin I got picked up early since I wasn’t feeling well.befere I went home I had a haircut ????‍♂️.then I went to get a smoothie and went home.when I went home I turned on my TV then I had tea then I was playing NBA 2k playgrounds on my NINTINDO SWITH.then I layed down to wait for ROOMS TO GO to fix my bunk bed stairs,that’s what they are doing now and eating dinner.so yeet,I mean ???? bye        

Today was a good day. First I had school(normal). Right now I am doing my requirements. I plan to go to king tiger to help out,get BB class, and mentoring. Hope you have a good day. BYE!!!!!!!

Hey guys! Today I didn’t have much homework to do when I came home so I started right on my requirements. I’m planning to go to TKD to help out in classes and get credits. Well that’s it! Hope everyone had a good day so far! 

Today is the first day in a really long time that I have gotten back on a normal rhythm. Wake up, go to the gym, come home and drive into the office, teach TKD, then go take a TKD class. If feels good getting back to a regular schedule. I managed to weasel a docking station for my work computer out of a guy at work so I can finish setting up my office at home and have 2 monitors again (YAY!). I am pretty tired today, but I think that's from all the stress I've been holding onto for the past month or so is finally coming to an end. I have slept through the night for the past 3 or 4 nights so that is getting better. Hopefully I can get really caught up on sleep on Saturday. 

Today is my last day off from school.  My white belt challenge is over.  Today is a chill day so I’m going to try and finish up my essays and do some requirements.  I have soccer practice and black belt class tonight.

Good morning. Yesterday was a good day. After school I came back home and finished most of my requirements. Then went to class to help Family class. I also got my mentee session done! Have a good day!

Up early for push-ups, sit ups and burpees.  Taking care of my journal entry now because I will not be home until around 10 PM tonight. Just works out better for me to head to class from work without coming home in between, so it’s going to be a long day.  Thank goodness for Master Dege!  She’s always just a text message away when I’m trying to sort out self-defense in my head and she never hesitates to help me!

I feel so swamped with homework and deadlines! I have a 4 page essay by Wednesday and an in class timed 53 minute essay for another class and my precalc test tomorrow, my upcoming cpcc deadlines aren’t helping either so I just feel really stressed but I’ll get through it. The weather was really nice today, a feel good, windows down, ride home from school was enough to wash most of my worries away for a bit.

Uh oh! Working on poomsaes tonight and oh chang was mushing into taebek. That is not good! Usually when this happens I start over and it's fine, but not tonight.I started over and got to mush at the same spot. Rather than making it worse, I decided to skip it. I'm sure it will be fine later. Maybe tomorrow.

Today was so tiring, I have a lot to do this week. I have a dance to attend and right after that, I have the Junior Instructors Camp to attend. I have a lot of quizzes, tests, and projects due this week. This week will definitely be tiring! 

It was a normal day....nothing exciting except the weather...70!  I did some  requirements at home...pushups, situps, and burpees. I went to family class and we did our poomsaes, stances, and we did some fun activities on the mat. I looked over my school work. Now it is time to get some rest.   

Today was Erik's 10th birthday and I think he had a really good day. He is still out of school because of a water leak. Hopefully he will go back to school soon. He got to sleep in so I didn't get to wish him happy birthday until I got home from work. We then did a video chat with his grandparents in Denmark and they watched him open the present they sent to him. After that we went to Melting Pot for dinner and we all ate too much. He says it was a good day and I think so too.

Today was meh. Nothing really happened, like nobody went to school because they were all tired from the Super Bowl I really didn’t have anything interesting happen today. No tests or quizzes no pop quizzes no nothing. Just boring 

Yesterday we watched the Super Bowl and I am very excited that the Chiefs won it. Today in my mentor session, we practiced the new self defenses and hapkito. I am really working on my stick form, I think I am getting better at it. I really need to work on my staff form. 

Today I turned 10! I am still out of school this week because of the water break. This morning I woke up and watched some TV and waited for my grandma to get ready to go to Ihop. After I took my birthday money and went to Target to get new Legos. When I got home there some packages in the mail with even more Legos! For dinner we went to my favorite place the Melting Pot for fondue. Cheese fondu is my favorite!

Enjoy the little things in life. Because one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things.????

I have officially completely paid for the Korea trip!  Now I just need to save up some spending money!  Today was a typical Monday at work, very busy.  I'm home now and about to get started on requirements.  I'm starting to get nervous about testing in front of Grandmaster Lee and his Korean colleagues who are so high up in the ranks at Kukkiwon.  I'm scared my mind will go blank and I'll just freeze.  I actually did go blank when I performed my creative form at the public exam when I tested for 4th Dan.  I just kept moving my staff until the music stopped.  I even looked at Master Chelley at one point and did jazz hands.  Not my best moment.  Thank goodness she laughed.  It was very obvious that I was not doing the same form I had done for the Masters during the private exam.  

Today was a good day. First I had school as usual. It was a very nice day today so I was able to walk 3.6 miles outside. Crazy weather!!!! 3 days ago it was snowing!!! And now its 70 outside!!!!!!! Then I finished the rest of my requirements. Right now I am having dinner. Hope you had a good day. BYE!!!!!!!!!!

Today was another day on the cycle and school. I went to school received homework from my teacher and came home. When I got home I ate pizza then did my homework. After my homework I did my requirements then ate a snack. That’s it I guess.

Today was awesome. I got to sleep in and when I woke up we had donuts for breakfast. After that I made brownies. I ran 2 miles this afternoon and then spent the next two hours doing requirements. All was god and I even got my nails painted. Now I’m at tkd and I’m about the take class!

Hey guys! Today I was so tired at school, because I stayed up late watching the Super Bowl last night. I’m going to TKD to get credits and a mentee session in. Welp that’s it. Hope everyone had a good day! 

Dear John    I know you have been running hard with the gym move and 9 Rounds and so many more things on your plate with permits and environmental work, good to see you are doing a recovery day. Six miles yesterday took it out of you did it not. Well rest and get back at it tomorrow.   John 

alright, updates on the weekend - i have the day off today because of a teacher workday, which works out great because yesterday was the superbowl. me and a friend had a bet before the game. i chose the 49ers and they chose the chiefs, and everything was working out great until the fourth quarter of the game. we didn't bet anything except maybe bragging rights so it's okay. if we did bet $ i know for a fact neither of us would pay. community service was good, but woah, was that a LOT of canned food. bbc and sparring was fine, my sunday other than the superbowl went relatively good, and we are back to monday. i have been slacking on journaling/tracking on the website but that's going to stop today. see you guys tomorrow and good day to all

Had a successful and fun Parents Night Out Friday evening.  Saturday I really enjoyed the Community Service Project.  It was a ton of back and forth, up & down, and around!  Got in tons and tons of steps, I'm sure.  I like to stay busy, so it was perfect for me.  It was also going towards a great cause, so win-win.  Sunday consisted of playing at the dojang with my son early in the morning, a couple of grocery trips, and the Super Bowl.  It was a fantastic game!  I'm glad I was pulling for the Chiefs!  Sunday was another rest day.  No requirements, just a day to reset.  I will hit it super hard on a beautiful, sunny day like today!

Let's get this party started! Here we go, last full month of the cycle and I am ready to take it on. Feels like I've been on the cycle forever but it's only been a month and a half. This morning I didn't make it to the gym so running with the dogs in the neighborhood is on tap. I have seemed to misplaced my blackbelt book but im sure i'll find it soon enough. I am happy to report that I have lost 10lbs since I've been doing this. Not as much as I'd hoped but I plan on kicking it up a notch this month, especially with the running so I expect to see better results. Im not 1 to check the scale every day or every week. I usually hop on once every 3 weeks or so. Let's do this!

Good morning. Yesterday I ran 2 miles with my brother before Super Bowl. Then I watched for a little and then went to bed at half time. This morning I woke up and my dad told that the Chiefs won. Waiting at the bus stop for my bus. Have a good day! 

Yesterday I went to church and received my first Bible.  Then my family went to help at a local animal rescue. We foster with them.  I got to see a ton of puppies!  Last night I went to a super bowl party!  Today I have off from school again so my mom is taking me skiing.  Trying to find time to fit in my requirements.

Today was really fun, I slept in (It’s already a good day), met up with some friends with lunch, and got to hang out with my brother back from college for the weekend. Unfortunately my day ended with a massive homework spree that left my hand cramped and my brain fried.

Today was a good day and we celebrated Erik's birthday with his maternal grandparents who both came up from Spartanburg. We had awesome homemade cupcakes in the afternoon with some coffee, well the kids didn't have coffee mostly because they don't like it. Erik had requested ribs for dinner so he got his request.

Had a surprise visit from Jeremy today and this will really be the last for a while. It's not often anymore that he asks me to do something for him, but he asked me to sew a new patch on his uniform. So proud of him His 22nd birthday is tomorrow and those years have gone by way too fast. Not quite as fast as this cycle is going though. Went to a funeral for Pat's father and was reminded how important it is to not put things off to tomorrow because tomorrow is not a guarantee. It was so nice outside that I came home and took Monty for a walk. More self defense and poomsaes to practice tonight. Until next time.

Today was a great day. In the morning I did my home work. Then I had lunch. After lunch I did my requirement and worked one my written test. Then I had dinner. Right now I am watching the superbowl. Chiefs or 49ers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a beautiful day today!  Took a 2 mile walk and worked on Poomsaes.  Ended the day getting all my self defenses jumbled.  Again.  I think I might be thinking about it too much.  Now I’m watching the Super Bowl even though I vowed never to watch football again after Luke Kuechly retired.

Tomorrow is my birthday and we celebrated all weekend. My best friend spent the night last night and we hung out and played video games. Today my grandparents came over and my mom made the best chocolate cupcakes ever. We played a new game I got called Throw Throw Burrito. It is really fun. Yesterday we went to the community service and got done early so we are going to do another project with my mom. 

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives,  put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us. O and there I a big football game on tonight. 

Good Day. Yesterday was a good day. I went to the Community service with my brother. We went at 10.45am and saw Master Knight next to us in the parking lot. We went in and waited for Master Chelley. We put the cans in the boxes and there was lot of stuff to be done. We were glad that we could do a lot. Then i came back and had my lunch. My brother and I ran while my parents walked. we did a 2 miles run. Today is Super Bowl. Have a good day!

Dear John  I hear you missed the community service project, not good, I know you have been busy with the new gym remodeling and equipment moving but you have to stop and get it done. So what that you are paying two rents and have to work until 10 pm and on weekends. It is just to much for even me to understand. I bet you will be sure glad it will be done soon.  Need  for you to stay focus but rest some so you do not burn out. It will be bad if that happens. I am sure you are going for a run on Sunday so do not kill yourself and enjoy the game this Sunday. It is your favorite day  Groundhog Day in PA is a blast. Everybody needs to see Punksatawny Phil someday.   Be safe out there   John 

Hey guys! Today is the Super Bowl!! Who are you guys going for?!?! I’m not really a big fan of football, so I don’t really know who I’m rooting for. We are also celebrating my brothers birthday today by inviting all of his friends to watch the Super Bowl with him. That’s honestly really it! Hope you had a good Sunday! Bye!!