Candidate Journals

Final journal of cycle 1......   I'm 12 weeks of 24 weeks in on my Master's journey.  Yes, there was a time I wanted to give up, and it was early in the cycle. However,  I put my big girl dobok pants on and kept going.  I know more now than I did 12 weeks ago.  I'm going to continue my mentoring sessions do I'm ready in the spring.   I have 2 easier essays, and two more challenging essays left. I plan on getting my easier essays completed sooner rather than later.   Im also going g to continue to meetvwith my mentee.  To all those testing tonight.. work hard and impress your Master's! I'll see you tomorrow in Belmont.    Until the next cycle, this is LMP signing off. 

Update- I just had dinner which was french fries and hotdogs which were delicious. Goodbye

Like everyone else, I'm sure, I didn't have any requirements to check off today.  I finished up the last little bits of that yesterday so today was workout free and just reviewing as much as I could in the time I had after work. It's funny how the last couple of weeks I was ready to go and wanted to get testing over with.  Now that it's staring me in the face, it's unnerving even though I know that I know my required curriculum.  Now all that's left is to pack up everything I need for Friday night and maybe a little bit more review tomorrow.  And to get all my snacks and everything else together tomorrow as well.Get some sleep, everyone, and I'll see you tomorrow night at North Charlotte.

Hi King Tiger Family... it is the night before testing... I keep reviewing things through in my mind and ensure I remember things. I feel like I have prepped, but it never feels like you have done enough. I plan to practice a little tomorrow and just stay healthy. Eat and get energy up!!! Get ready to show all you learned and have some fun too. It is okay to enjoy this but take it seriously too. Have a great night. Get some rest.

Good evening, everyone! As the end of the cycle is approaching, I would like to say congratulations to everyone for all the hard work and effort that we put in this cycle. We all did amazing, for pushing through the toughest, surviving and overcoming bad days, triumphing over difficulties, and learning throughout this journey. Though this is only my audit cycle, I feel accomplished and ready for the next cycle. Congratulations everyone again and I hope you all the best of luck for the overnight testing. Have a wonderful day!

Today I woke up and did my requirements for taekwondo. Then I did my chores and school. My grandma got here and I did a bunch of science stuff with her.  Now I am done with the day GOOD NIGHT!!!

Today I slept in for a while then I got up and went to the dentist.  At the dentist I got my teeth cleaned and had no cavities. After that I went downstairs to see the orthodontist. I will need Invisalign but will only have to wear them for about a year or so.  Then I came home.  I worked on some requirements and then went to class and sparring.    Going to head to bed early tonight.  

Tomorrow is the overnight testing and i am a little bit anxious. I am still excited though because it is the big day. technically night but whatever. I am also going to a bonfire on saturday with my youth group. it will be good because my youth pastors dad has a farm and we will be playing manhunt on the entire property. also there will be a hayride and pizza. goodnight.

🇸🇮So today is The last day before black belt testing which I'm very nervous for😰😬😬😬😰 But I think that I can get through it. And honestly I think at this point I'm just ready to get it over with and so today there was this practice session thing at King Tiger (obviously) But then later we went to class and I worked on my board break a lot. I think I'm getting pretty good. I Didn't quite break the practice board ಠ⁠︵⁠ಠ But I think I might be able to break it at testing So I feel pretty confident, although I know I shouldn't But anyway, that's about it bye🇸🇮

Today I woke up early at 3:30 then I watched some YouTube videos then played some games ate lunch then took a class and did a extra mentor session then I ate dinner then did some kicking defenses and good luck to everyone testing tomorrow. Good night everyone 😴💤.

Today we went to King tiger to practice a bunch of stuff this afternoon which was really helpful! Thank you to Instructor Jen for her great feedback and tips. Tomorrow is the big day!!!!!!!!!!

Today I woke up went to school and had a pretty decent day. Im off to taekwondo about to be 100% ready for tomorrow.

Just wanted to say good luck everyone! See you Friday night at North Charlotte!

Today I woke up and went to school. It was the same as any other day and we did not really do much. After that I went to baseball then home where I went to work and went out to dinner because of Callen’s birthday

Good evening, everyone! Yesterday was a nice day. I wasn’t able to get my journal in yesterday, but all good since I made it up today. Today, had a lot of fun at school. This week is our HOCO spirit week, and we were able to dress up per the day. Monday was Country vs Country Club day, yesterday was Y2K, and today was White Lies. I finished all my requirements for the day, but not much to do now. I have myself mentally prepared and ready for the weeks ahead. Have a wonderful day!

Today we had co-op and then Henry had Fraternus this evening. Looking forward to lots of practice tomorrow for testing on Friday!!

today was BBC at Grand master Evins's Dojang. on Thursday and maybe Friday there is going to be an extra practice session yay.

Today I went to school and had my benchmarks which is a big test, hopefully I got a good score. I also finished my mentor sessions today.

Today I am at my grandparents house. Tomorrow I have an e-learning day “Hooray”. This is my last journal hurrah. I didn’t go to taekwondo today because straight after school I went to my grandparents Lakehouse. See you later.🥋

I went to school then played some games then watched some YouTube then I went to taekwondo then got a dessert. Good night 

I got free money this am for my Amazon shift because there were no more routes. This is always a great start to the day. I was back home and in bed by 4am. I had a mentoring session with my mentee tonite, and I'm still taking it a little easy because of my back. Hopefully I will be up to full speed tomorrow.

Day #82 - 10/2/2024 Still stretching and keeping fit. Ran another quick 3 miles, probably the last one before testing this Friday. Still putting the final touches into my essay.

Day #81 - 10/1/2024 I bounced back into workout mode, stretching and completing calisthenics. Ran a quick 3 mile, then went in early to class for some mentor/mentee and leadership sessions.

Day #80 - 9/30/2024 Got some rest today as I started putting finishing touches on my essay. Went in for a dental procedure earlier.

Day #79 - 9/29/2024 Didn’t miss Sunday mentorship session this week. Went in and demonstrated my special form for auditing, got some nice feedback! We then practiced staff forms.

Day #78 - 9/28/2024 Testing day! Woke up early and arrived at the track at 5minutes past 6am. Went straight into jugging mode and finished at 6:35am. Drive to school and completed the physical and written tests. Went directly into the normal weekend training afterwards. Phew!

Day #77 - 9/27/2024 Friday sparring day. We had some fun doing rotation sparring, literarily on the pillars like Shaolin monks do in their training. Only we used kicking pads as pillars, and the normal class may as the lava.

Day #76 - 9/26/2024 Got plenty of rest today, and plenty of stretching.

I went to King Tiger to help with class and practice my forms with the full mat. Creative form is completely finish! I'm excited to finish testing. 

Today was good because i got 100 on 3 quizzes and i had my favorite chips for lunch. After school i chilled until it was time for trail life where we worked on the first aid badge. Then i went home and i had ramen for dinner. goodnight.

Today I woke up and went to school.  It was the same stuff as usual.  After school I had baseball.   Where I was working in the outfield.   They had a machine throwing as fast as it could go. They had us running from the infield to the outfield fence.   We had to do that for an hour.   Then I was dispose to have a baseball camp in Charlotte but the other team did not show up.  We ended up having a practice instead.  Lots of baseball today.  

Today I had after-school and played games and then played basketball. Then I went to tkd and got 2 credits. Then I got home and did my stuff. Now I'm going to sleep.

I went to school then I took a class then did a mentee session then I played some games then ate dinner watched some Yt after eating good night everyone 😴🌙.

Today I worked and cleaned. I also put up Halloween decorations. My back is getting better, but still onjured, so I'm still being very careful. 

Today was my first day back at school for our two day school week, there was a storm on Monday and Thursday and Friday are teacher workdays so only Tuesday and Wednesday are school this week

Today I did my last class assistance. I got to work with the white belts which was lots of fun. I love using Master knights tips to do kwon sool different ways. We did it on slow motion and super fast, which they loved.

Good evening everyone I just got my written test score back I got a good score and passes, Not bad for a 1st timer. I'm proud of my self.

why does the cycle have to be soo long because it just means there is more time to forget some parts of your poomsaes and other stuff.

Today was a normal day at school.  I was so happy to find out I got a 107 on my math test yesterday.  I can't wait for testing this week.  See everyone Friday!

I did decently on the final written and physical exam. Today, I woke up, went to school, and came home. After coming home, I got a mentee and mentor session done. After that, I finished my homework and realized that I still had one more journal to make, and that day 77 was not the last journal. This is the last journal I am writing. Prepare for the black belt test and I wish you all the best of luck. Have a good night.

Today was pretty good. I woke up and went to school unlike some schools. But school wasn't bad and we did a lot of stuff. We played capture the flag in PE which was good but my team had horrible defense. After school I played video games until I had to go to tkd which was good and I worked on boch special to get better at it, because master evins said I needed a little bit of work on it. But today was good overall. Goodbye

Today I woke up and played some games with Callen and we had to work together but Callen wasn’t very good at following directions and was always making us restart but after we completed around two levels we were asked to air rate and put down grass seed so we did that for a while until I had to go to work where I helped with two classes then I had to go give some supplies to my grand dad and my aunt but we got stuck in traffic and it took for ever to get there but we are heading home now

today i went outside and played basketball with my friends. then we played bean boozle and i got all the bad flavors. then i dunked on one of my friends and they caught it on camera. now im going to sleep.

I ate breakfast then went to school then I did some guitar then took a 6:45 class and did some staff then I ate dinner and watched some TV. Good night everyone 😴🌙 

Not much to report today. Work was okay. My back has been sore since Saturday, so I'm resting it a bit. saw a good movie tonite-Wild Robot. I highly recommend it.

Today was like any other day aside from the fact that I didn’t have school because of weather, I did go to dinner and see the movie”wild robot” which was pretty cool

I went to a Bengals game they won 34 to 24 then I came home and did some pull ups

So today I got up and and did minimal school work and I found this new book that I liked but anyway this evening mom was a  bit rough I think she kind of needs her psychiatrist appointment tomorrow😁😅 so yeah

I hope it was a magnificent Monday and tomorrow will be a terrific Tuesday!!! today I went to school and it was PJ day! After school, I had to go get my allergy shots and then had to do a bunch of homework. When I finished, I went to girls Scouts! After I got home, I got ready for bed. I hope it was magnificent. Monday for all good night!!! P.S. Today is National Chewing Gum Day!!! ~Magnolia~

I'm feeling very stressed today. I practiced a lot of kicking defenses and survival's trust though want I'm feeling better about those. 

Good evening everyone, hope your day is going well. I woke up with immense muscle pain from the pre test (even though it was Saturday) mostly my core and arms which is great, a big sign of improvement. I will post my pull ups tomorrow when my arms loosen back up again cause the pain is not letting me do my pull ups correctly.

Good evening, everyone! This week has been good for the most part. My leg has been killing me for the last couple of days, and today it just so happened that I lost my voice. I am trying my best to recover during these times and push through the last week of only the start of my audit. Have a wonderful day!

today I had a Math quiz. There's only one question I knew I got wrong because I couldn't figure it out Number 16. when I got home I did homework. I finish the sheet because I didn't want to do it later. that was my day. See you later.🥋

Today I woke up and went  to school for lunch I had yogurt and granola after school I whent home and ate diner at knight kids I did my requirements and I was relly good at them.Thats all for my day peace.✌🏼

Had a great night tonight at my mother culture night learning how to hand embroider.

I am very sore from yesterdays run because its the fastest ive done a mile. But today we went to visit my sister at college in Boone because they got the worst of the storm so we just checked in on her and she showed us the campus. then we at and left. goodbye.

Today I woke up and I got breakfast.  I was kinda tired all day.   We went to the Panthers game.  They lost but have done better than they have been in a while.  I was kinda upset that I was going to have to go to school tomorrow. But as I was driving home my mom told me school was cancelled due to the damage from the storm.  One the way to the game my aunt called and told us she was able to talk to her husband and he is safe. From the storm.  My aunt is going to try and get home Tuesday. This should be the day my g.  But since they have no power she called to see if we could get some groceries for her and my granddad.  My granddad should be able to go home from the hospital on Tuesday.    Mom went to the store tonight and we are planning on taking these to her tomorrow night.   

🇸🇮So this morning I got up and did mentee session with Aidan and then went to a Panthers game(they lost but not by much) but then I went to Grandma and grandpap's and had burgers🍔🍔🍔🍔 and sausage and tater tots and fries🍟 and then we went to Harris teeter and got ice cream and that's about it 🇸🇮

today, I went two hours to Greenville sc for an escape room and lunch, both of which were closed so we drove two hours BACK home only to go and watch football at 8pm. I’m ready for bed

We decided to go do some escape rooms that we have been wanting to do for awhile. They were in Greenville, SC. I made the reservations and paid for them yesterday. I also made a reservation for lunch. When we got there, the restaurant was closed and so were the escape rooms. In fact all of Greenville was basically shut down because of the hurricane. I didn't realize the extent of the damage, and I wasn't notified by either the restaurant or escape room that they weren't open. Good thing I like driving and have good music to listen to. Watching the Ravens game right now. Pretty good day anyway.

Hello all, today is my last journal of the cycle, and it was nice writing experiences that other people could view and see. After the physical I was pretty much sore, but not as much as the last time I did this, and it felt expected. This is also our last week and I will feel thankful that it is over with. I am going to rest for now, goodnight.

Today I woke up and got ready for poomsae class. after class I got food then I went to my cousins house for my cousins birthday after the birthday we went out for dinner then we came home that’s all for my day Peace.✌️

I ate breakfast then played some games then I went to poomsae team did some more games then watched nascar then ate dinner then called my friend. Im going to just relax for a while now good night 😴🌙.

Today was my cousin’s birthday so I went to her house. She had a birthday cake ice cream and pizza. I had everything. Their new dog is called Ruby. And I fell in love with that dog. She has that cherry wine color. We played a game with them. We also played a game we brought.  See you later.🥋

Hope everyone had a special Sunday and is excited for magnificent Monday!!! Today I got up and went to church I came home and At lunch. I have words I played with my friends and my dog. Then I painted my nails and got ready to go to my youth group At church. I got to see a bunch of my friends and got to catch up with a few hadn’t seen in a while. After I went And ate dinner with my family. When I got home, I took a shower and got ready for bed. I hope it was a special Sunday for all good night!!! P.S. Today is National Coffee and Goose Day!!! ~Magnolia~

I went to a Bengals football game they won then I came home and did my requirements and entered my stuff

Today I woke up did a bit of chores, watched a movie and ate of course. And now I just finished my school homework. I should be fine for tomorrow at school.

Hi King Tiger Family, Today was a good day. Got a bunch of items finished and have some more to do tomorrow. Loaded all the essays to dropbox. Good to go. Now to finish requirements and get ready for Friday!!! Stay healthy and keep practicing. Take care.

I woke up early and ran the 2 miles then did all the stuff at grand master Evins then I did 2 essays then just chilled the rest of the day. Good night 😴 🌙 everyone.

I woke up early today for the start of our physical test. I got up early so I could start my run sooner than later and manged a decreased time limit from the previous physical, than we did our pushups, sit-ups, v-situps, burpees, high planks, and jump rope. On the test, I knew every answer but forgot some others when we started, the worst thing it was out of order which I knew would be the case. After all was over we had our class and I went home to rest and passed out.

I hope everyone had a super sad and his anxiety for a special Sunday!!! This morning, I got off and packed all my stuff up so I can leave to start my run. When I got there, there’s already at least 10 people running, but they were all seconds or thirds. After I finish my mom mom drove me up to north Charlotte. There we finished our pretest and took the written test. Afterwards, I took Saturday morning, black book class, and then went to get Dunkin’ Donuts. With my friends for the rest of the afternoon And When we came over to my house, we played on my trampoline. When I had to go I had to get ready to go eat dinner at the melting pot for my mom‘s birthday! It was amazing food and when I came back, I hung out with my family! I hope it was...

This morning we had the physical test and the written test and I think I did okay. I beat most of my times and I think I got most of the answers on the written test right. I might have mixed up some of the terminology but I did okay on the rest. Tonight is September fest at church and it's so fun. I love playing Mario kart!!!! 

Today I woke up pretty dang early.  I was not a happy camper.  I really like to sleep in.  I got there early and did my running.  I beat my time.  Then went over to Master Evins school to do the rest of the physical activity and the. The written test.  I am pretty confident I did ok.  Then we went back to lake Norman after we were done because Callen needed a class assist.  I decided to help because it was a really big class and nothing better to do. After that we came home and dropped Callen off.  Then me and my mom went to the store to get water, and snacks for my Aunt and my Granddad.  My grandad is in the hospital and my aunt got stuck down in Spartanburg and has not been able to get back home to Weaverville because of the storms.  Then we...

I feel like today was a huge hurdle that I was able to get over. Post test and written test are done, and I feel pretty confident about my specials, self-defenses and poomsaes. This week I'm going to focus on the hurricane back kick.

Today was the physical and written test, I’m actually surprised how well I did on the run because I’ve been biking the whole cycle, on top of that, I aced my test and really improved my numbers

Yesterday was my birthday. It was so nice of my school district to close so I had the day off...to bad it was for a hurricane.   I went to my last sparring class, for the cycle and it's getting moved to Wednesday   My birthday was quiet. I didn't even get a card from my husband.   Head hurts, I'm going to bed. 

Today, was the big physical test and written test. I think I did well on my written test, and I beat everything on my physical test. Now, it's time to go to testing and show them what we can do. After the tests today, I took class at North Charlotte. I then went to work and helped with all the classes. Then I came home and chilled out and rested for a while, where I called a fried and had something to eat. Then I watched some TV, had dinner, and now I am here. Goodnight, everyone! Good job today.

The physical and written exam is done and I am exhausted. I came home and went back to sleep for a while. I’m really happy with the results I git
Now that the it’s over, and essays are turned it and my book/website are to up today. I feel more prepared to finished the cycle. 
Later today, my partner and I went to Kate skate to and rolled around for a bit.

Today was the final exam (not the overnight) I personally think I did pretty good, my poomsae and bocho spececial and self defense are pretty good, I just gotta work more on geting them fully down.

The run this AM was painful necessary my back is acting up. Did okay with everything else and I think I got a perfect score on the written test. Sitting out from class so my back and rest. 

So, as you all know, the physical and written test are tomorrow, and I am both anxious and nervous about it. I think i will do good on almost all of it. The thing i am anxious about is pullups because even though i have been doing them, i still don't have the best upper body strength. But i think i will do pretty good. See you all there.

today I thought it was going to rain hard but it didn't. Then I went outsidenand played basketball with my friends. Then I ran and hit a pb.  

Had a light sparring class today and spent the majority of the day spending time with my friends online due to the storm. Still studying diligently for my History Midterm this upcoming Tuesday and hope tomorrow runs smoothly as well.

Today I woke up after sleeping in a little later. I didn’t have school in person.  Then I did my school work which did not take very long.  When I was done with that it was still raining so I was stuck inside.  Which kinda sucked.   While inside I worked on some of my stuff. I took breaks to play games with Callen.  Then I went to work but there were not many kids so I just work on my requirements.   Then had rolls and falls and black belt.  Then I came home.  Studied and worked on finishing my essays.   Now heading to bed.  

I hope to do well tomorrow. My friend still has a power outage at her house, so after blackout class I brought her a cooler and a power bank to charge her stuff. I hope she’s OK night. She just says she’s reading because there’s nothing else to do.I think with the essay is done and the physical exam and written exam tomorrow, I feel calmer. I think I was really stressed. We have all the requirements done. But I know I’m ready to advance for the next belt. And I know I’m ready for testing Next Friday. I’m just very nervous.  I also will finish my creative by Sunday. And I will practice it a lot this week at King Tiger to get a feel of the mat

Today, we had a power outage caused by the tropical storm. During the power outage, I worked on requirements and studied for the written test. After the power came back, I logged my progress into the website. Then, I attended a weekend blackbelt class instructed by grandmaster Evins. Also, this is my last journal. It has been good journaling with you all. See you at the final physical and written exam.

Hi King Tiger Family... last week of cycle. Here we go!!! Good luck everyone tomorrow on physical and written tests... then onto the GAME. Practice and be confident. Take care.

Today I woke up and I had e learning so I sighed into my class after e learning I studied a bunch .after I studied I went to black belt class after I went home and ate dinner that’s all for my day peace

Today I had e-learning for school. I got all that done by 9:52. I played in the mud a lot today. At black belt I did self-defense. I have  to get some rest for tomorrow see you later.🥋

Good evening, everyone! This week has been better. I've been doing well in school and haven't been procrastinating on my assignments too much, which is good. My classes seem to be going well, and I'm glad we didn't have school today because my foot has been hurting a lot. I'm not sure if I will go to Black Belt class tomorrow due to my foot, but hopefully it will get better. Today, I finished my requirements and the rest of the day was relaxing. The power went out at my house around 4ish, so I wasn't able to make it to class today. It came back later, around 7, and we decided to go out to eat. Have a wonderful day!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Friday and this excited for a super Saturday!!! Today I got up and took my dog outside. My backyard was already flooded from yesterday, so it was only getting worse. I hope everyone else is OK along with their families. I Made sure all my Essays were finished And then went to taekwondo. After Black book class, I had a mentee session with Jackson and then went home and ate dinner. It was a fantastic Friday for all good night!!! P.S. Today is national forgiveness day!!! ~Magnolia~

Today I was being so focused on my requirements that i didnt have time to do my homework, but its fine' we all need to lock in for tomorrow.

Today I woke up excitingly because school got canceled, I was so happy because I was able to sleep in, and do whatever I needed to do for that day. I had a lot of time to study and do my requirements, and just got to hang out with my family. Then later I had balckbelt class with Master Evins, which was a awesome class. We went over bocho special, 1st Dan special, and 2nd Dan special. Overall great class. Then we had sparring class which was also a great class. That was my day. 

I've spent the day studying, reading, submitting essays, doing requirements, and also working a bit. Tomorrow should be a breeze.

Today was a crazy day, I’m trying to cram in my requirements, studying, homework, and essays all in one day but I did it!!!

Good morning everyone, I wanted to let you guys know that the final exam is tomorrow and dont forget to study. Have a good day 

I got to hangout with friends and finish my midterm review sheet today. School is asynchronous tomorrow but I have already completed all the work, so technically there's nothing much to do tomorrow but sleep.

So close to the end. So many things to wrap up and finished.  Updated the website and matched it with my booklet. Now I know what I need to focus on finishing. I have learned all the forms required for my belt, and I feel pretty good with most things. Weapon forms are probably the one thing I can work more on.  Essays are typed and made a cheat sheet of what I need to review on the study guide.  So I still working on my creative form. I have something that complete and prepare, but there's more I want to add.

Today I realized I didn't have class today, I wasn't given information, however, It was probably because of the heavy rain that was endured for hours during the day. Instead, I did requirements and went to my final sparring of the day. My pants were slightly wet and muddied from the time I got out and headed to the dojang from the vehicle. Another good thing is that all my essays are completed for the cycle.

Today I woke up. I went to school.  Then during second block we were told there was no school on Friday.  So I was very excited because I could do my stuff but also I was sad because I could not go outside to play with my friend.  Instead I have to stay inside and really not do anything.  But then I came home and took a nap.  When I woke up I went to sparring.  It was fun.  After we were done we got some food and came home.  Now I am playing Xbox with my little brother.