I hit the 9 month mark on the 1st. Seems so close and so far. My body is having a down day today. I feel very tired but pressing on with the BB. Worked on Poomsaes and self defense with the boys in the home Dojang. I couldn't get Katherine to join us but she is busy taking some courses.
Today I woke up and did mainly push-ups and sit-ups. I did this because we don't do as many of those as we do poomsaes, self-defense, and basic kicks. Then when I finished, we ate breakfast and got ready to go to Carowinds. This is the last time that we will go to the water park this year, so we made sure to do as much as possible. We go Fast Passes so we got to skip some of the lines, which helped so that we didn't have to stand in all of the long lines.
Today is great we have a three day weekend and I got to watch a movie. Also I got to go to sports connection but it was pretty boring. I need to go eat so Bye.
Yesterday at my house there were guests. They are our really close friends. They came on Friday and they left o9n Saturday.all we did with them is han
Finally back to my normal wakeup. I had late breakfast and then to my surprise an all day visit with my Greatgrand daughter! I didn't do too much of anything else today! Not even any requirements.
I actually forgot what day of the week it was because all the days seem to be the same. It has been hard this week getting back in the routine for school. Get up early, go to school, head to the Tae Kwon Do, get home, eat, do homework and it is bed time again. Looking forward to the long weekend.
Okay so today I’ve got a lot of work to do. Mainly in regards to homework I have a lot of paper work a few essays for school, and Tae Kwon do. So my mornings been hectic. Hey got to go bye. Hey did any one get the movie reference in the title? 9/1/18
Other than it is Saturday today has been a great day. Got up this morning and did some TKD work, went and had breakfast at Maple Street Biscuit, completed some more TKD items including some essays. But the most exciting part of the day is that I am heading to eat a nice dinner in charlotte and going to see Lion King in theater. I am a huge Disney person and I am so excited to be going.
So, I didn't have a chance to journal yesterday, so I'm just going to recap yesterday and journal later today to recap today. Yesterday I went to school, celebrated my friend's birthday at lunch, went home, did my requirements, cleaned a little, did my homework, and went to bed at 10:00. So, that's pretty much it. I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend! I can't think of a clever ending line... -Ritika
Today I helped my dad with housework, so I barely had time (except in the afternoon) to do my requirements. I forgot to run today, so I'll run extra tomorrow morning.
Today was pretty relaxed. I got my requirements done and worked on essays. Due to there not being class, I was able to sleep in on a Saturday for the first time in months, which I really needed after the busy week of school that I had. Other than that nothing particularly interesting happened.
Finally I was able to sleep in for one day cause I was really sick of waking up early for school. Although its going to be a long weekend I still have a lot of homework to do.
Today the North Charlotte Location was closed for Labor Day so I couldn't go to black belt or sparring class. This coming week, I only have one match, which helps, because then I can go to black belt class and get some of my other requirements done. Today was not really eventful, but I did get to relax a little bit. Tomorrow I am going to put up my training video. Testing is getting closer everyday, but I am pushing through.
Today will be my last morning having to get out of bed so early. I'll break out into a happy dance! I am so grateful for the credits received from Grandmaster Evins ,for the two Saturdays, on assisting and 5k. Once again sir a big thanks for Dr Schuster! Time to do some requirements now!!
Today my carpool didn’t come with us in afternoon carpool and it was his parent’s turn so I didn’t know when his mom was coming. His mom had to go through the middle school carpool line and then could come to our carpool because the middle school kids are not supposed to walk over. By the time she came and go us, it was 3:45 and our school gets out at 2:45, that’s and entire hour! luckily I am only in carpool on Friday’s because of tennis.
Today at school there was a fire drill it wasn't to big of a deal, but with how slow everyone moved I though that if it was real we would all....not have a fun day. Another evetful thing that happened today was I did my empathy training. I went with out an arm. Its been years sence I couldn't you one of my arms, and I started to get parinod about it. I tryed to do some pull ups but that end misurably. Well I had an eventful day how was yours? 8/31/18
I'm getting this done right before we leave to go to my grand parents. It's only me and my mom since my dad has to work and my brother has a friends birthday party on Saturday. Since they have to stay home I'm kind of bummed out and am reluctant on going. However my parents are both saying I'll have fun. My uncle is there as well so that's a plus. I'll get back to you later and tell you how the trip went.
today was a very awesome day because I went to school and my teacher let us draw pictures.after recess I went to my math class and had lots of fun.then I went to tae kwon do and helped class and did class.
Even though I had a lot of things due today, it was actually a pretty calm day. This is in part because we will be gone on a mandatory trip from this coming Tuesday and we get back on Friday afternoon. It felt really weird to not have a lot of book to bring home for homework. With there being no class tomorrow due to it being Labor Day weekend, I am kind of excited to be able to sleep in on a Saturday for the first time in months, especially after the long day I had yesterday.
On Friday my family is going to my grandparents house at lake Gaston. I didn't know until yesterday that we were going. However my brother is getting cold feet and not wanting to go. That makes me upset since he takes my on jet ski rides and this will be the last time we get to swim there for the year. My mom wants us to decide soon so they can invite other people. I can't decide if I want to go or not since I like seeing my grandmother but I want to just hang out at home and with my friends.
On Mondays, I have the second smallest amount of classes, beaten only by Fridays. I also do not go to King Tiger on Mondays. Because of this, I am capable of doing a large amount of homework and studying on Mondays. The cycle is not the only important thing I am doing, and I'll need to balance doing work for both.
I went to school this morning, like always. After school, my friend and I went to my boyfriend's soccer game. They called it because it started lightning. He came back to my house with us both. Before that, we got dinner at Panda Express, which I love. Tomorrow, I'm going to my friend's lake party, from 2 to 6. It's just a few people from school coming for Memorial Weekend. I'm so excited.
Today was my second day of school and it was pretty boring all we did was go over rules and do introduce me papers. The best part was playing basketball at recess and beating the undefeated team that was only the tall kids were on. It was so unfair actually, since there all at least 4-5 inches taller than the tallest kid on our team. But since I got a rebound they didn't expect I passed and a kid on our team made the shot. And that had taken about 7 minutes, so right after they go off they went "OK, you got five minutes of your both off," and everyone on the court basically yelled no at the same time them we all told the that the other game had taken like 8 minutes. So decide if they couldn't keep track of time or if they just wanted to play...
Finally its the weekend although I still have a ton of homework to do. I've missed some journals this week because I was focused on starting in school,.
Ok, so I love art and all, but my art teacher is starting to make art kind of stressful for me. During class we have to work on big projects, and outside of class we have to work on sketchbook assignments, which is fine, but each week we are given a list of 5 topics that we have to sketch and we pick 4 of them to draw. My teacher then collects our sketchbooks every 2 weeks; my art teacher is expecting both quality and quantity from these sketches as they are supposed to be good quality, have accurate perspective/lighting, must fill the page, and must appear to have taken 40min or more to complete. Everyone in my art class has been working really hard on these to make them look good, and here we are stressed because there are just too many assignments due in such a short amount of...
Fourth day of school and it's getting stressful already. I have to sort out a major change in my schedule, and I have two tests tomorrow. Well, one is a vocab quiz, but the other is a unit test for the material from the summer project for AP US History. Luckily, I have Labor Day Weekend to catch up on anything and everything I'm missing, so that's good. I'm trying my best, and school hasn't overwhelmed me yet, so I'm still afloat. Working on my requirements, knocking them out of the way, and this time, I'm not going to let them get in the way of school...
My friend's birthday is tomorrow, if you want, say happy birthday in the comments so she can see that people that she doesn't know still know about her birthday!! I should have worded that differently. It sounds really creepy. Today was good. I went to school, robotics, and tae kwon do. Looking forward to tomorrow. I sort of have a mental checklist right now of things I need to do. I've never had that before. It's a nice new update to my brain. So, ending on the topic of birthdays, one time at Carowinds, the ride operator's birthday was that day. So he announced over the intercom for the ride "Ok, its my birthday, have fun! skrt skrt!" That's kind of the sound he made, it's the best I can make it on paper. FELIZ NAVIDAD- oh, i mean cumpleanos to everyone, even if it's not your birthday. Eat cake anyway....
At shcool I started to notice that the main stairs got to crowded. At lunch I was thinking about it as I tried to find a quite corner to be alone. I decided to go to the calmest corner behind a teacher next to a door. The teacher was new and told me about some stairs he used to get to his room on the second floor before the main hallway fluded. When I tried to see if it was true I checked my map and a stairwell was right next to my next two block. I got to them quicker and I'm thankful for it. After school I went to tae kwon do. Well bye. 8/30/18
Just not my day today. CNC machine went down before ending work shift. Struggling to find new mentee. First denial in a long time. Yes I was late. But wow it just was shocking. Debating now if my investment is even worth it anymore. Is it even worth all my sacrifices. Idk. Maybe maybe not.
Today we won our last game of the week. During my doubles match, we kept going to Deuce which means that we would win one point, and the other team would win the other. I’m sad that I couldn’t go to Black Belt, but I am still keeping up with the cycle.
I had a very good breakfast this morning, whole wheat English muffin, eggs and sausage along with a mug of coffee. This early morning continues to haunt me, difficult to think. I will push myself to get some requirements in today! My shoulder continues to strengthen having better movements and more power.
The pretest took place today during black belt class. I did well in some areas; namely pushups and situps. However, I need to work on my v-situps and burpees. I need to be able to do more of them in a shorter period of time. Thankfully, I now know that I need to work on these two things.
Today was very busy. I went to school and had to go straight to tae keon do. I then went to soccer and got home. It took me 20 minutes to do my homework which is about 2 hours less than normally (just kidding) but now I am super tired so I am going to bed.
I got plenty of sleep last night, but I was still exhausted walking into school this morning. This year, our school is having a homecoming dance. The previous years, it was only a homecoming game, which I will be cheering at. My friends and I are thinking about going, but only if my boyfriend is okay with us all going together. I have never gone to a school dance. I was never the type of person to do that, but it's supposed to be at a really fancy place, so I might go this once.
today was a fun day we played basketball in study hall. We played knockout which was really fun i got second. I had a history test which was really easy and a math test which was ok. After school my brother had a soccer game and his team won. After some more time i went to king tiger. We played jeopardy and i took sparring which is always fun.; today wasa fun day.
Today I assisted and attended in the 5:30 class and it was fun. This jeopardy was different because we had to noodle fight to answer the question, it was fun. I’m about to go run right now. I hope everyone had th best day ever!!!!
OK today at sparring my brother had a problem. So when he was sparring someone, he continued to keep kicking to the head. My brother at the end of the match had a headache after. My brother is under 10 and is not allowed to get kicked in the head. Also how many times he got kicked was a lot. It was like 5 times, I can not remember. Either way I feel that if you know that the other person is not as good as you then you should take it at least a little easy. I really do not have words. As a black belt I should of stopped the fight but I was too caught up to see what was going on. Even if it wasn't my brother if it was another kid I should be aware and make sure that every is sparring safely. See you tomorrow.
today was a pretty good. All my classes went well.i had to call my mom because i forgot my lunch at home. My mom was kind of mad. Closer to they end of the day me and my friends played uno at study hall. It was not a normal game of uno, our uno game we got so pumped up. Whenever someone put down a card, everyone stared to scream. It was amazing. A few teachers got mad at us, but that didn’t stop us. Later today i went to my brothers football practice. Then after that we went too dinner.
Waited at the bus stop with the boys for 1 hour and 5 minutes. Decided I should probably drive them when middle schooler's, who leave 1 hour later, arrived. Hope they tighten up soon. Got a lot of BB physical requirements in today. Tried to get ahead of the game on my days off so that I might be able to lighten the load towards the end. My body just feels so tired at times. Do to the load, there is no recovery time. But I am still so excited about the cycle. I love this stuff.
Glad the week is half way over because it has been a long week already. The only good news is that the homework has been lite this week but that will be picking up next week. Attended 2 TKD classes today to help get leadership credit and also the White Belt Challenge piece. Looking forward to sparring class tomorrow.
Today I finally finished all of my leadership credits. I am glad I got those done because that frees up a little time to get homework done since school is getting to be quite busy and/or work on essays for the cycle. Another reason why I am glad to be done with leadership credits is that now others can get those credits because I was starting to feel bad for constantly asking to do warmups because even though I knew I needed to get them done, I was starting to feel like I should let others catch up on their leadership credits, and now others can catch up on those credits. Overall today was a good day and I hope to have another one like it tomorrow.
This is a difficult week for me having to abandon my bed very early in morning. The price you pay for having work done on your house! I guess I can get some requirements in today. My body also realizes it hasn't done a normal workout until BB class last night.
Today I was supposed to have health class but the coaches weren't prepared for it yet. So they had us run 4 laps around the track. Will on the run I was with this group and we got done before the other. Will on the run I even found a penny. Well I have to go bye. 8/29/18
Whole family came to class tonight. They had a blast. Took them out for dinner after class. Hadn’t had family time like this in months.
Yesterday was my best friend's birthday!!! I went to the doctor yesterday because my throat has been bothering me for a while now. It turns out I have a throat virus so there's no antibiotics I can take to make it go away faster. It really hurts, but I'll be okay. My toes are getting better and I don't have dance or cheer this week, so it's a good break for me to ice them. I'm also getting ahead with a lot of my school work.
So one of the things I am trying as a new skill is running cross country. So I am not a runner but one of my best friends like to run. I thought I would give it a try and see if it is something I would like. Today we had our first event and while I did not do extremely well I was proud I finished. I have only be running mainly 1.5 - 2 miles when I run and today for the event it was 3 miles so I struggled because I am not sued to running that far. I am sure as I go through this I will become better. Between School, XC and TKD classes I am not getting much done on some of my Black Belt items during the first 2 days of school. I hope this improves and I find ways to get it all...
I love days off. Wish there were more of them. I can get the BB physical requirements in at a more relaxed pace. I got the boys off to school. They rode their scooters while I walked to the bus stop. They love it. I wish I had a scooter to keep up. Bus was 20 minutes late. Hopefully they will be on schedule in the mornings and afternoons soon. Swim lessons again for the boys after I pick them up. I get to cook tonight. I think I'll try a pasta carbonara. I LOVE TO COOK!
Today has been great so far. I got a full nights rest and school was good,. I have good grades. Plus soccer was fun. It only rained a little well that’s all I have homework to get done.
Today I had my first cross country meet at Westminster Catawba Christian School in South Carolina. I honestly don't know I made it in time to take black belt class tonight, though it was with only a couple minutes to spare, and it really stresses me out quite a lot to be running that late. I also got the email about extra credit for attending the King Tiger 5k and helping at Ms Wendy's House, which I did both so I just logged the credits today, which I'm hoping is what I was supposed to have done. After the busy day I had today with also having tests and quizzes today and studying for some tomorrow, I am completely exhausted and I hope I will be able to focus on what I need to tomorrow.
I missed a journal for a few days becuase I have been so busy I have gotten home a passed out in my bed. Wow never knew I could be so busy but I love it I am so happy. Well need to go to sleep I am so tired.
It was great waking up in my own bed. I slept very well. I also paid a visit to Dr. Schuster and my shoulder continues to improve. Strength isn't where I need it to be but I 'll gladly accept my condition! Miss everyone, be glad to get in class.
today was a good day because I went to school and played with my friends.then I went to tae kwon do and did class.after that I went to sparing and got lots of sparing rounds.
Work week is over. Katherine has the day off. She enjoyed, I think, with me at work and the boys in school. She deserved it. Looking forward to Black Belt class. I always enjoy it. I miss my mentor though. Looking forward to my days off and making breakfast for my boys.
Today I had to leave school early for a doctor's appointment. This appointment was a follow up for a previous appointment that took place last November. The story behind this is that I was having trouble breathing during a lot of track and xc meets, so eventually we get around to mentioning this the doctor when i got my annual physical in the summer of last year where I was told I had exercise-induced asthma and then referred to a specialist. Then in November, the specialist said that he thought that the issue was with my vocal chords doing the opposite of what they were supposed to do (they were apparently contracting and restricting my oxygen intake when I inhale and releasing any air reservoir when I exhale). Today he ran a test that he couldn't run before due to lack of equipment the would measure the amount of a certain...
toady was a good day. first of all I had school. I had a biology test which was not that hard. then I had all my other classes. after school I had to go to my brothers soccer game which started at 4. after the game I went to sparring class. class was pretty fun as always. I went home then I had dinner. today was a pretty normal day.
I am writing this really quickly so excuase me if there are any spelling errors. So today was good, black belt cycle's good, I feel like I'm tired all the time, I need to go to bed. And by that I mean I flop onto the soft blatnket and fall asleep while pondering all the problems of the world. flop. -ritika
Today was peaceful it was cold in the morning, and hot in the afternoon like any other day. It is peaceful Everything was quite I got my requirements done. Only the accastional bus passing by. Well I got to got bye. 8/28/18
Today we had our second of 3 tennis matches of the week. We completely bombed this match. Nobody won, but that is also because we played a big public school, which is something that we never do. This caused a big disruption in our schedule, but that's okay. That is why the name of this journal is wow. We didn't expect to do that bad. We were really tired especially after our long match yesterday, so our coach gave us the practice off tomorrow so we can finish homework and rest up for Thursday's match.
First class back after a week of recovering. Feels great to be back training.
So busy at work. I really wish they would dedicate more "Assets" to patrol. Everything is specialized to the detriment of patrol. Well, Only nine more months to go. Katherine tested Saturday and and got her belt. Green Belt. YEah!
My sister visited from Idaho. Haven't seen her in an extremely long time. Had dinner with my mother and her husband. Grilled out and had a good time. (post dating for same log-in issues)
Okay so today was my first day of highschool. I didn't execpt so many people to be in on place. Okay so my homeroom is on the second floor and my classes revolve around this one stair well. Lets just say that it was a challenge to get up and down the stairs it felt like being in the center of a five mile long traffic jam. My day was fun though but imagine my shock when I got to class at tae kwon do. More stairs alright got to run bye.
Today I did almost all my push ups and sit-ups with my dad the rest I did by myself. I had to read fro my summer reading challenge for school so that took up much of the day. Today me my mom and my dad all went to go get pedicures and the place went to was soo fancy. At the place they had a massage chair and it was very relaxing. Today I did 1 mile instead of the usual two. I hope every had a great Sunday and is ready to go back to school!
today was like any other day. it was a boring Monday, which all of my classes took forever. after school I had to do some homework. I had to study for a biology test tomorrow. I think it is going to be easy though. after some more time I had to go to my brothers football practice. it was all right. when I came back home I had dinner. overall it was a fine day.
Finally feeling better. Hopefully the weather doesn’t keep changing temperatures.
Today was the first day of school! It wasn't over-the-top amazing, but it wasn't boring either. My classes seem pretty easygoing and fun, so far... Now that school has begun, I have to get into a new routine for my requirements.
Today was first day of school and it was good to see all my friends but classes not very exciting. Plus, got homework on the first day. Yuk! Was able to get a little of my Black Belt items in today and attended class and met with my mentor. Starting my week as a white belt so I can check that off the list. Late day and have to go get some rest because tomorrow is day number 2 of school.
busy day today with church and training related to the serving i do at the church with pre-school kids. I also had to pack and get ready for school as tomorrow is my first day. Today is my last day where I want have school work I have to figure out how to work in. I was able to get most of my goals met today so that was good.
In school, I am researching about European foods. I am up to my neck in sauerkraut. I have two test tomorrow. the black belt cycle is going fine. I have to study. Today was a good day. I might go to black belt class tomorrow. and thats it, because i have to be quick and i'm exhausted. buh bye. -Ritika
Today I had an early start because all of the schools began today, which means we had to leave earlier to reach in time. I am glad my school already started, because I am in a routine now for when to wake up each day. After school, we had a tennis match which ended at 8:00. I then had to come home, shower, eat dinner, and finish my homework. I stayed up kind of late to finish my homework, but I think I will be good for the rest of the week.
I woke up for school, but could barely get myself out of bed. I was so tired that I was constantly falling asleep in class. I would doze off and right before I was asleep, I would wake myself up. I have my study hall first, so I took a nap after I did my homework. Tomorrow, I have a Civics and math quiz. The math is really easy for me. I am in math 2 honors, which is 10th grade math honors. I am in 9th grade. The civics quiz is just about vocabulary, which is also not that hard.
Today I was planning to get up early and take my dog to Reedy Creek Park to walk the trails to get in some miles and then go to church, but I accidentally slept through my alarm since I couldn't get to sleep until 01:30 am because of how much I was coughing. It was too late to go to church, so my dad, my brother, and I still took my dog to the park to walk him through the trails, and he was quite excited at first until he walk went on and he became more and more tired. In the last .75mi. or so, it took quite a bit longer to walk due to how tried my dog was; we gave him plenty of water, we stayed hydrated, and everyone was happy with the walk.
I awaken this morning had a very good breakfast, said our goodbyes to everyone and got on the highway returning home . After driving over 500 miles I was asked to get off the road, hotel room and resume tomorrow. We should be home tomorrow sometime.
Nona (mother in law) is leaving Saturday to go back to Peru for a bit. Gonna miss her and I know Katherine and the boys will as well. She is so sweet. Testing should be fun on Friday. The boys are a go but I think Katherine will have to do make-up testing. She has to work until 6 (or later) on Fridays. I know she is disappointed. She has started getting into TKD lately and seems to be enjoying herself. She has been so supportive during the BB Cycle. She understands that it takes a large time commitment and that has prevented me from doing things with her or going places with her.
I broke my toes last Sunday. They were very bruised and swollen, but they had gotten a lot better. Yesterday, I woke up and another bruise appeared, so we went to get them X-Rayed. They told us that I should take a week off of cheer, dance, and tae kwon do, but there is no possible way I can do that. If I have any down time whatsoever where I am not doing anything, I become a blob. I have to stay active to feel accomplished and feel productive.
Today was exciting I went out with my family and we got ice cream. I finished all my homework and requirements plus the rest of my book. All in all very productive. Also so not ready for school tomorrow I have practice and a math test but I am ready
This is the last weekend before my school starts. What I'm least looking forward to is only being able to use string bags witch hurts your back and shoulders. Right after this I'm pretty sure we're going supply shopping for school. What makes me nervous is that I didn't go to open house so I don't know what any of my teachers are like, ones name is Ms/Mrs.BAREFOOT I'm not joking I swear. So it'll be hard not laughing at that name but I'm kind of exited.
Today I had a very fun day because my brother had his birthday party at Chuck E cheese. My cousin was here and he help me earn tickets at Chuck E cheese. Then tonight I got ready for school to start tomorrow.
This week is a pretty week because out of 5 days, I have 3 tennis matches. The games are on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, which means I won't make it to Black Belt Class this week, which is upsetting, and I will only be able to get a Leadership 1 on Wednesday and I hope that I get a Mentee Session too that day. Luckily I did the Pre-Cycle so I am pretty good on my requirements.
Congestion and workouts are very hard. Slow and long breaks from running out of breathe sooner than expected. Struggling but still pushing.
Today I went to black belt class and I saw something I thought I'd never see. Today in class I Ms.Evans thought class. So for those who don't know I have never seen here wear a belt, or teach class. The class was fun everything worked out. Hey gotta go bye.
Today is the last day of camp and the last day I have to do my mentee meeting. Today I also ran 2 miles with my mom whil my dad timed us. Today was the end of summer camp party and it was really fun. In black belt our teacher was extremely nice and I would her to teach all the classes I take. I hope everyone had the best Friday ever!
Today I helped with the Junior Tigers' makeup testing and in black belt class we had the Pre-Test, although we only did kicks and the physical portion, excluding the run. I enjoy helping with testing, and I think that on the Pre-Test I didn't do half bad and there is still definitely room for improvement. I just hope that my work will pay off on the Physical/Written test on the 15th of September (unless the date has changed) when I have to show improvement.
Today was pretty interesting we had a surprise physical test and I think I did well. But I was So not expecting it. Any way other than that it was a pretty average day. Well that's all.
Today I was hoping to get more work done for the cycle than I did, but I definitely got plenty done in my classes. For example, in my AP U.S. History class, went through the first chapter in its entirety in one 45min class period; this was made somewhat simpler since we all had already done work that required us to read through the book first, there are only 6 people, including myself, in the class, and my teacher taught in a way that was very straight to the point, so everyone knew that we needed to make notes of all the separate points he was making. In my Physics class, we finished the chapter and started review for our first test, which is on Tuesday. Pretty much all of my other classes were just as busy and productive, and I quite like it to be that busy so that I...
Today was like all the others. Not to different, woke up and went to basketball and after went to go get a haircut. We stayed at that mall for a bit. Then after we went to eat and visit my grandmother. We talked and then came back home. That is all. See you next time.
Today my family went to the aquarium and the first thing my brother did was go to the jellyfish section knowing I had gotten stung. Some were really small while some had tentacles a few feet long. There was even a area where you could touch some small ones that don't have strong stings. Funny enough I had seen one right before we went, it was translucent pink and small enough for me to grab. At first I thought it was a mushroom at first so I walked right up to it I even TOUCHED IT on the bell (top) before I realized it was moving. When I saw that I swam away as fast as I could. Over all the best part of the aquarium was the "power ride" or something it was a moving walk way under the shark tank and a few other exhibits.
Today I helped out with the Junior Tiger's testing. There were a lot of helpers during this testing. It was fun helping and watching the little kids learning and enjoying Tae Kwon Do. Then I helped out in Family Class and later took Black Belt Class. In Black Belt, we kind of had our pre-test today, but only worked on kicks and physical requirements. Then I got home and finished my requirements. My sister is going to a birthday party this evening, so it will be a little quiet around the house then. I won't be going to class except one day this week because of tennis games. I am glad I have been able to juggle tennis, the cycle, and my homework.
My family has recently started watching a tv show called Hell's Kitchen. It was made by Gordon Ramsay on may 30, 2005. It has had 15+ seasons and even a Australian season. In my opinion it's a really great show because of the drama, cliff hangers and how good most of the food looks. I also love how sometimes a team can do so good they have to help the other team to not getting a single pice of food out of the kitchen. This is why I think Hell's Kitchen is a amazing show and that you should watch it too.
Once again, today went pretty ordinarily. Practice was interesting, to say the least, with plenty of hill and speed work. Class went pretty well too, but there were some things like certain kicks or forms that I feel like I could and therefore should be better. They were just minor things that I messed up on, and I try to convince myself that it's ok to be human and make mistakes sometimes, and usually it kind of works and I'm fine until I actually make any kind of mistake, where I end up finding myself focusing on the fact that I messed up and almost nothing else. The problem is that I expect perfection of myself, and when I don't attain that standard of perfection, I end up being quite brutal with myself, and I say/think things to myself that I would never even consider saying to another person because of...
Today was open house at school. But besides that it was very uneventful, and calm. I went to black belt class today and I have nothing else to say bye. Hey the dates are wrong on the journals in case this one gets messed up its 8/23/18
Today my mentor was a different person but a friend of my real mentor. I had many questions for my mentor so I’m glad I got my questions answered today. For the most of the day I helped out with the little kids playing mini golf. Today was a long day because after my meeting I had sparring class. Even though today was a long day I still ran 2.32 miles. I hope everyone has a great day!
Today I woke up and did my requirements. After that I went to my grandparents house. Know I'm here having fun not much to report. Hope you had a fun day.
Today is a good day because it vis an Friday. fridays are always good days. All ofmy classes didn’t feel that long. Everyone felt like they heads good day. After school i did some homework. After that i went to. Black belt class. Black belt class was very good because masters Jolly w2as teaching it. Master Jolly is very nice and funny. After class i played football with my brother which was actually really fun. I am glad it is Friday.
This morning I was involved in a very long meeting! As it normally goes what was established could have been done in a matter of minutes. But I guess that's life. Maybe I can get some requirements in today now that I've given my body a rest.
I hate that I had to miss TKD yesterday for the open house at the boys school. I really hate missing BB Class. I love it. Katherine tests tomorrow. I am so proud of her for her more regular appearances at King Tiger. I am debating whether to attend as a husband or to go in uniform to assist but I am leaning toward husband. I hate to miss any classes. I think in the 2 1/2 years of TKD that I have only missed about 4 classes. I love it so much and I so much appreciate the masters and instructors that so generously give their time to TKD.
Going to have to double up on my journal entries again. I keep having trouble logging in. Anyway, on Thursday we had open house for the boys at Blythe Elementary. John is such a rock star at this school. Everyone knows him. Well, at least the ones that know him just treat him as a friend and nothing is out of the ordinary. I am afraid that he notices when others who don't stare at him. I cannot blame them because his stature is unusual. Makes me worry about the future. But once people meet him and interact with him everything is normal. They just see him as a friend and just as another kid.
Today was basically what I do everyday. I woke up, did my requirements and worked on my essays. But today I also had open house for me and my brother. I got all my teachers and classes that I wanted. I really liked all the teachers and can not wait to start the school year. My brother was also pleased with the teachers he got. After that we went to go eat. Then we hanged out with our friends and had a good time. That is where we stop for today. See you next time.
Today I was stung by a jellyfish, I couldn't see in the dark murky water. I got stung while messing around with my uncle a little bit out from shore. I don't know what type I was stung by but it HURT BAD for about 45 minutes to a hour. After that it just was really sore and super red. Tomorrow were going to the aquarium so I might be able to figure out what stung me. So, until tomorrow.
