Candidate Journals

It's the second day of not having electronics. I had to go to the doctor's office today. I was doing my homework in the waiting room and a TV was on. It was so hard to not watch it while I was busy. I moved to a different room to avoid being distracted. Not having any electronics has made me read and enjoy my books more but it feels like I am in trouble and I got my phone taken away for a week. Today was the first day when my classes in school were actually productive and not just going over the same rules over and over again. I woke up on time today. I am very happy with myself. I woke up at five and did my running. The more that I run, the easier it gets to run my mile and a half. But I almost fell asleep...

Today I got to move into my school. It is really big and awesome. The classrooms are twice the size and the field is huge. After school I got to go to Showmars with my friend Ashlee and her mom. It was really fun. Then I went to Tae Kwon Do and took my normal class then did a mentee session and then a mentor session with Master Richie. We went over hapkito, basic forms, and sparring combinations. I learned a lot from Master Richie. 

today i was was vary tired.Also had to have to do a mentor sesion

This has been a most challenging day. Within the 1st hour of waking I had a migraine made doing any requirements impossible this morning. I was able to take some medicine and get to work. I am looking forward to class tonight in spite of the hungover feeling the migraine and medicine causes. I really love working with the Little Tigers and always look forward to the Senior Wang Ho class. Last night was challenging. The footwork drills we did will help me with my sparring. I feel so slow when I spar but practicing those should help me get lighter and faster.

Up early, as normal, and already have some requirements done before work.  I will say the one thing I do miss without the TV is day break news while on the treadmill.  OK I said yesterday no biggie without the TV but watching the morning news helps pass the time.  I am not the greatest runner and it serves as a distraction while catching up on the local events.  All is good though - - -.  Looking forward to a productive day.  Scheduled to meet with my mentee today, Luke he is the best, class in South Charlotte and hopefully can knock out some leadership credits.  If not just will stay focused on requirements.  Hope everyone has a great day!!!!

Today was pretty good. At school I had a fair amount of catch up work to do since I missed last Thursday, but got it taken care of. I also got my homework done pretty efficiently. The no electronic entertainmenI challenge is harder than I thought. fining myself turning my iPod on, flipping through the pages then turning it oad again, which is not a good sign. But I've done pretty well even with all my family watching things around me and playing games. But that's okay, I will power through.

I have to raise money for my school and black belt cycle. I have to do both of them, I just have to. Then i have tons of homework and I still manage to do all my requirements. THeres like a little handle at school where I can do all my pull-ups, Ive been using it sense day 1. Its time to start the hardness

Today I was lucky because I did not have a lot of homework. Since I did not have a lot of homework, I was able to stay later at King Tiger to get my requirements done for the day. We also made muffins for my mom to take to work to get donations to the Levine Children's Hospital. So far I have sold 24 tickets for the Kindle tablet. I have also started the No Electronic challenge today. This is my only internet time today. 

Today, after school Iaren't through a mountain of homework.  I did half of my physical requirements this morning.  But doing the other halfafter doing all thathomework is really hard.  I knew this would happen after school started.  I plan to keep going.  I have to push through any onslaught of trouble until I reach my goal!

It's only the first day of the electronic challenge and I already miss my iPod. I only looked up the 5 original Tae Kwon Do kwans and logged my stuff today. I had a Dream Team class today, and we worked on rolls and tucking our knees when we roll. I also finally have a mentee! Tiger is my mentee, and he is doing great! Today we worked on high blue belt self defense. He already knew blue belt self defense, (apparently since he's a high blue belt)and so I just had to help him a little bit. After class I finished my homework and worked on requirements. Finally it's time to go to bed, and then I'll wake up at 6:15 tomorrow morning to do my daily walk. 

I am liking this no electronics thing now if I could just turn my computer off at work for a few days I may actually have a chance to get caught up at work.  It is what it is and very thankful I have a career that I enjoy even though it is non stop.  Helped in the 5:00 class today then stayed for the series of other classes.  Inst. Hsin had us put chest protectors on and had to keep those on for all of the classes.  Someone tell me the secret on how you do not overhead in those please?????  OK day for requirements - - could be better could be worse but still plugging along.  So dinner is done, no more requirements today, so off to the shower then going to curl up with a book for a bit before bed.  Perfect for me as I would much prefer...

today i took class. then i took a leadership claas. after that i had a mentor session. then i had ametee session.igot most of my reqruirments done. i finished two essays and i had a brownie.

I decided that it was time for me to make a list of all the things in the curriculum that I don’t feel confident on.  I looked at the list of things I’m required to know, along with anything new that Master Evins has thrown in, and I wrote down anything that I don’t have complete confidence in.  This is the list that I will ask my mentor to focus on.  It occurred to me that I have a limited amount of time to spend with my mentor and I need to make sure that we work on the things I’m not sure of.  L Tonight we focused on Knife disarms, Hapkido forms, Hapkido 21 thru 32, and Nai Bin Jin #2 and #2. Hopefully, we this approach I will make the most of my time with my mentor, and eventually my list of things I’m not confident in will get...

Today I had to get up early and get my homework done. Also I did some of my requirements in the morning. Today was a rough day to I wasn't that tired when I went to school but as the day went on I got very tired. Also I had golf till 6 today so I am going to sleep well tonight. Then I came home to some more homework.

I got a lot done today. It was the first day that I got real homework. I got it all done on the bus so that I didn't have to do it in the back room of the dojang. I was able to finish my requirements during the extra time before my class started. I got a mentee session in after my class. I taught Zachary his first 3 self defenses and I worked on his old poomsae. I also helped in the 5:30 class and got a leadership credit. 

I'm just taking a wild guess at the days and I realize that you can commit stuff in the commits so if you guys con tell me the day we will get back on track.  Now to the main part of the journal. Today I got in all my reqirements at home easily because of the technology diet I finished a easy and went extra with my workout.   

Today was an okay day as in nothing good or bad. i still got all my requirements and homework done but it was sort of boring and sort of plain... so now i'm gonna go do endless sit-ups and see how many i can knock out in 1 time so i can hopefully have a break from sit ups for and the next 2 days. :D

Today was a normal Monday....finally!  Kids off to school, conference calls starting at 7:30 and non-stop through 4:30 (although I snuck out for an hour a lunch for noon class at LKN). Picked up kids from soccer and tennis then went to teach family class. Finally got some leadership credits in!  Did a bunch of requirements during my morning conference calls. I'd love to get down to noon class at N Charlotte tomorrow, but I don't think my work tomorrow will allow me the 2 hrs out of the middle of the day...especially if I want to leave around 4:30 to catch some of Jess' tennis match tomorrow. They only play through the first week of Oct and I missed the last few while traveling.

I am thinking about starting a club at school for students who don't have enough money for tkd.  The learn for free as part of the club.  If have the time, but not the money for actual class, they come.  I know what you are thinking, what's the belt order? Well, I am going to use note cards and the colors be like there belts. The will line up based on their cards.

Today i did alot of requirements, went to class, and helped out a class at Master Shins school. Living without technology is somewhat hard.

today i woke up and as always had a little trouble getting out of bed but i went downstairs and did half my push ups and sit ups, and all of my kicks. i got dressed for gym, ate a breakfast of cheerios, a banana, bacon, orange juice, and a protein shake, then got packed up and headed out to the bus just in time. i slept on the bus and was very late waking up, we were already unloading. i went to first block where we learned about Africa, what movies and media portray it as and what it actually is, it has big cities and tall buildings. in second block we did stretching then were divided up in teams to play softball on the field, i got a homerun and got 4 outs during the 3 innings we played. in third block we learned about what makes up cells...

Today I got to sleep in because I don't have school today. It was a teacher work day. I got to run errands with my mom. It was really fun. I did my requirements and I  spent time with my mom so I had a good day. Back to school tomorrow. Yay!

so far ive ran 7 miles today...Cross country is brutal

Super pumped tonight to get in a lot of class credits. Still behind on PMAA, Sparring and TKD Plus classes so it will be good to get those in. It will be nice to go back to South Charlotte after moving around so much. Its always good to go to other schools to get a different feel from the way they carry things, but being back on my normal schedule is always comforting. Im also planning on getting in leadership credits tonight before BB class. Last week went by really fast so Im hoping that this week will too. It wont be long before testing is here so I need to work fast and manage my time well. Today is the first day without the use of electronics... although I don't usually have enough free time to watch t.v. or go online, it will be nice to get the extra credit...

What a weekend!  Saturday morning I got up early and ran errands from 7-9:30am. Then I took Jess to her tennis lesson, ran another errand, then picked Ben up at home and we were off to the airport. While waiting for our flight, Ben attacked me and we got in self defenses. He was uncomfortable with all the stares, but I just made it goofy and fun. We flew to Detroit and went to my former roommate's house for an early dinner, then off to park for the football game.  With the record crowd (115,109 people!), we had to park 2.3 miles away. (I got my run in by convincing Ben to jog it, although we did a lot of dodging people!). It was an awesome game. Michigan beat Notre Dame 41-30 at their last scheduled game in The Big House. We walked back to the car and got to the...

Today was a day of pure work.  No fun.  First I had church, which ended late.  Then homework.  Then me and dad went running.  I did 3.5 miles.  Then, physical requirements.  My arms are really sore.  

Today was a great day because I git all my requirements done early. I have finally got enough of extra requirements done so I can go to the Maroon 5 concert. Also today I went to my friends birthday party today. I didn't get to eat much because I was to busy on my requirements. So at the party I ate 5 slices of pizza 2 popcorn bags and 1 big slice of cookie cake. Also I road the go carts and almost ran the guy over because I braked to late. whoops! Later that day I climbed up spider ropes and stayed there looking down at everybody. I was so glad I got my requirements in because I even got to play mine craft for a hour and twelve minutes!

I had a good day today.  I was able to get all of my requirements done (and even some extra).  I was able to do some household chores and I actually got a little family time in too.  J  I’ve gotten all of my essays done, except Community Service, so that’s a relief.  I’m ready for another week!

Today I got a lot of stuff done! I even managed to have time to hang out and talk to my friends! I'm almost done with pull ups, which will give me time to do some more poomsaes, self defense, and sparring rounds. I think that if I finish pull ups, burpees, and stuff like that, then I'll be able to do the other suff that I'm falling behind in. Today really helped me though, and I'll have to catch up lots more on the weekend since I'll have more time.

I did all my school stuff today. Such as projects, homework and studying. Also I got my white belt challenge essay done and I'm starting to more than Im supposed to on the blackbelt cycle. So now instead of 150 pushups, situps and kicks its going to be 250! My dad is out of town and I kind of get sad if my dad or mom is gone. It gets kind of lonely. I also ordered some new shoes off the internet, I hope my shoes get in early. I caught up on my favorite Tv show too, life is good, except that I have to go to school tomorrow! On the bright side I'm starting to learn how to play violin tomorrow so Im pretty excited about that.

Happy with my progress so far but still a lot of catching up to do on requirements.  So cycle "officially" started on August 10th and yes if we registered early we were permitted to start on August 1st.  August is still pretty much a blur to me but all is very good.  Domestics caught up & I worked on requirements today however spent several hours working on Kicks for Kids- - let's hope the time it took away from requirements makes a difference in the end.  If not at least I made the effort and that's what counts.  As for curriculum I am not like several of the younger students that are basically sponges when it comes to learning.   Show them once and they got it.  Show me 10 times, and oh please only two different things at once, then let me practice them till I am blue in the face, then and only...

Today was the start of the NFL season, Go Cowboys! Today Was A great day for requirements. I was able to double up on my requirements again. I also got to start my 5 Kwans paper. And I have a test tommorow in science, so I had to study for that. I think I'll ace that test tommorow. I had noo time for tv watching. See ya next week tv.

today i woke up from my friends birthday party and got picked up 10 minutes after i woke up so i really didnt have time to say goodbye. i went home and went for a 2.5 mile walk/jog with my parents around the neighborhood.i had a bowl of cereal for breakfast and i really needed it since i didnt eat last night. i went home and did some requirements that i didnt get finished yesterday, i took a shower, and did some laundry to get it done early. i went on to do my homework reading about Macedonia and Alexander the great, how he conquered many places with his battle tactics. my parents had headed off to the panther game already so i decided to go out and sell raffle tickets, i sold 17 today bringing up my total amount to around 250$, thats good and i have reached the minimum...

Today I did my requirements in the morning. I slept in and I really can't get used to that. I walked 3 miles with my mom and my brother. I am really not looking forward to the no electronics challenge. I played on my phone a lot today. I don't usually have a lot of time for my games or TV during the week because of my schedule.Today was just a regular day. I hope that I don't sleep through my alarm again tomorrow! 

 Today we lost to the Seattle Seahawks. We would have won if D-Will didn't fumble the ball on that amazing run.I t really made me freak.  I needed Steve Smith to do well for my fantasy team. 

Today I got up and ran my mile and half at the park with my family. I got a pretty good time when I did it. About twelve minutes for 1.5 miles. I think that's pretty good.  After jogging we went to Mc Donald's for breakfast. Then we went and looked for a solar cover for our pool. We didn't find one that was reasonable. After looking we came home and went swimming. The pool was only 83 degrees so it was kinda chilly but not bad. I'm still deciding if I am going to do the no electronics for a week. I'm going to have to decide quick because it starts tomorrow. I think I am going to do it but I'm not sure. It's going to be difficult but I am going to try. I finished my requirements so I am going to relax for a few hours.

Today i did my requirements.Also played with friend.

Playing outside is really important to me because it is exercise and it is healthy. I also like it because it is fun and I do it with other people and that makes it really fun.

today i got all of my reqruirments done early. i am so happy because my mom made a feast for no reason. i think she cooked enough fod to last me the rest of the year. i am so happy about that.

wow camping was awesome! i left on friday to go camping and we stoped at wendys for diner and i had one those double baconaters burgers so i was sick during the car but when we got there we had so much fun building fires and throwing ice at each other and stuff. the good news is i did some requirments while i was there becasue we had a bar there and it was good for chinl-ups so we had a chinl-up contest. i got 3rd place with 6.

 I went to get my violin today, it's for school. Im pretty sure that's going to be my new skill too. After that we went home to put it back so no one would steal it. Then we went to the mall and got new books, socks and clothes. Then we went to Trader Joes because we we're out of a lot of food. I still got to do my requirements! 

Today I had to double my normal requirements as I will be at a concert on Wednesday. The concert will be worth doing all the extra requirements this weekend because Adam Levine is singing live! In sparring class it was tough as I haven't had sparring in a while. I had a hard time dealing with the pain as they kicked me, and it was hard for me to kick my partner when they were kicking me. I will sleep good tonight!

i had fun today helping out with the little tigers. i thought it was unusual that they actually listened when ever we told them to something. that made it a lot easier to teach class.

 Today had no homework!So I had a great day for requirements. Every Hour I would do a little bit of everything so I would have a lot of everything. So I ended up doubling up on everything! And I got in 3.88 miles. I also got in to watch some tv before this week starts with no electronics. But today was a great day

Ah I'm really tired but yo had an awesome day! I went to black belt class and sparring lads which was pretty good. To got a shower and relaxed with one of my friends until we met up with my other friends at the Greek festival. We hung out there and then I went with one of my friends to sleepover! Super fun!

Well well well. Day 38 we meet again. I am very happy that I went to sparring class today. I got 10 sparring rounds in! That was very tiring. I am done with back belt classes but will continue to go. I worked on finding the answers to the written test after sparring class. It's amazing how long it took to find something written about King Sejong.  I hope that everyone is feeling okay and ready to go for tomorrow.

Today was a good day I got a lot done. Today I went to a Saturday class and a sparring class. Also I went to the driving rang and did some golfing. Although I was tired after all of this I got a good bit of requirements done today which was nice.

I got up this morning and did pushups, situps, burpees, poomsaes, and self defense.  Then I went to King Tiger to teach Little Tigers.  We had a lot of kids in class today and they worked really hard!  Afterwards, Instructor Dege and I got in a couple of miles.  Thank you ma’am! We had a really good BB class today.  We worked on poomsaes, stick forms, and Hapkido.  Master Chelley Hartle did a great job making sure to give us pointers on some of the details that we need to refine.  Master Conrad Hartle was very helpful with the Hapkido.  Thank you Masters Hartles! After I got home, I had to do errands and laundry.  Then it was time for more requirements.  Overall, it was a productive day!  J Thank you Master Evins for the extra credit for attending class on 8/31!  I really appreciate all of the opportunities we’ve had...

Today first I helped out with little tigers class.  I learned about a stripe that only they get.  It's called a teamwork stripe.  Then, I had fun going to black belt and sparring class.  That might just be the most I've sweated ever!

Started off the morning with class in Mint Hill then to North Charlotte where I met with my mentor, Inst. Tucker, did black belt class then stayed for sparring class.  Rushed home to get my husband then go run errands, got back to the house to knock out a bunch of domestics and still working on the ribs for tailgate tomorrow.  Yes I am tired!!!  My biggest mistake today was not drinking enough water - -my bad.  Got dehydrated then a nice cramp in my hamstring which will not go away.  Ouch!!!  Master Burkart, Chelley & Kim your classes were great today and I really enjoyed them.  Not every student pick's up quick, nor learns in the same way, you all have that nack in being able to get thru to everyone in a fun energetic way.  Requirements were not where I wanted them to be today but all is good. ...

Today I woke up tired from my high schools' football game. Then i went to black belt and sparring class, we did alot of kicking and hapkido. I went home and watched television. 

Today day I got up school time early so I could help at Mint Hill's testing at 8 am. I got a lot of my requirements done while I was there. I ran a mile before helping at testing. I got to get in a leadership credit at testing  because I led warm-ups. I'm getting pretty comfortable leading warm-ups. Before the cycle I was afraid to lead warm-ups. So I have improved a lot. Then after testing I went home for hour and did some requirements. Then I headed back out to go to Master Evins Black Belt Class. During black belt class we did some forms, self-defenses, and hapkito. I finally remember all 10 hapkito defenses. It just took doing them all a few more times. Also during class I got in a lot of my requirements. I almost finished all of my daily requirements! Then after class my mom...

today i woke up at 7 which was a great load of help to me, i am no longer exhausted now that i got 9 hours of sleep. i ate my breakfast and did my laundry, then just sat around and watched tv until it was about 10:00, then we left to go to the blackbelt class at master Evans. i stretched during the time we were waiting for class to start. once class started we did a normal warm up then we did some requirements and wang ho forms, then master Knight took the bo cho dans to the back and we worked on the forms again but more closely this time, focusing on every detail, we also worked on hurricane kicks. we went back to the normal do jang and worked on hapkido. after class was over, i went over to my neighbors house to mow her lawn. i...

It's the weekend, so I don't have to walk in the morning for two days. I also have time to make up for all the stuff I haven't done lately. I hope I get some more greens this weekend. I took sparring and black belt classes today, and we worked on poomsaes, hapkido, and kicks.

im at home playing with megan and my cat

Had a great time at North Charlotte today. We reviewed a few things that I had forgotten from last cycle. It was different without Master Evins but Master Hartle did a great job teaching. Im pretty nervous about no electronics black belt challenge for all of next week. Hopefully I can go Monday through Friday without using the computer, watching television, or texting... What I am excited for is the extra credit at the end though. Its good to set a goal to be able to push yourself.  

Today is going to be a good day.  Keep doing the requirements. 

Today I went to the black belt class at lakeNorman for the first time.  I found it o be fun and really helpful.  The class was much smaller so master Hartle was able to help us all individually.  I might start going there on Fridays if I can't make Thursdays classes, depending on my homework.   I wasn't happy to hear about the "no electronics" challenge for next week, but my mom was thrilled!

Today was good, I got pretty caught up on my homework and got some time to relax too. I also wrote my book essay, I just have to type it now. The Greek festival tonight was fun, we mainly got dinner and treats, tomorrow is the day I go with my friends to really have fun. I'll have to be careful not to eat too many goodies. Haha :)

happy friday everyone! ive been super busy this week. ive missed a lot this week. i couldnt make it to any classes due to cross country. wednesday i had a meet and thursday we did hill combos. which is where you run up and down a hill that feels like 70 degree angle, for an hour and a half. i went home and fell asleep instantly. i have to catch up this week but i know i can do it. not too far behind!

Its finnaly the weekend and now I dont have to wake uo at six to do requirements. I can finally relax. But I still got home work and essays so I cant really relax. Man!

i love fridays. i don't like friday school test. my mom did not make me take the friday class. i thought that was unusual. my mom wanted me to take every class i could. then i looked at my log and i noticed that i had done all my week day and saturday blackbelt classes. 

 It was so long today. I had a quiz in Social Studies, a Math Quiz, a Science Quiz and had to study for our Language Arts quiz. Plus being in Honors classes is way more difficult, but as long I have my academic and my Black belt things done Im good. By the way I just got some CHICKEN WINGS FOR THE GOOD WORK I HAVE BEEN DOING IN SCHOOL, HURRAY!!..........

What a great day! Helped with the little tigers this afternoon then did black belt class in Mint Hill -----that rocked, awesome class.  Now if I can just remember everything.  Trying to hit requirements hard and would love to see all green on the tracking but being realistic.  I will get caught up!  Looking forward to the weekend and get the hims all set for tailgate and Panthers opener then I can stay home and focus on domestics and requirements.  The carport is my dojang and yes the neighbors know I am nuts.  People drive and walk by and wow do I get some strange looks.  All is good and just keep doing the best I can do.

Yesterday was a lot of travel...3 hrs in a car and another 2.5 on an airplane. I got a lot of meditation in yesterday. I focused on breathing in for 7 seconds and out for 11.  I also got feedback in a mid-year appraisal from my manager and contemplated his observations and recommendations.  The first requirements I got in yesterday were at the airport waiting for boarding. I found a space big enough and ignored the stares. I had on dress clothes but took off my shoes, so I'm sure I was an unusual sight. Today I had to be in the office early but started on my requirements around 2:30pm while at the DMV.  There was no way I was going to sit there and wait in a chair when I had requirements to knock out!  I just finished around 9pm and I feel good about what I completed. I...

today is Friday, it feels really good to finally have the week done. I have been reading all of your journal entry's and they are really good they are very descriptive and well written. I am going to include in this journal entry my WHOLE day from start to finish. So I woke up at 5:15 to go take a shower but I was really tired so it was really hard to even stand up. So when I was done with my shower I went to get my breakfast I ate my cereal and a glass of orange juice then went to get some stuff done for one of my friends. After all of us were done we got in our new car to go to school. Since my dad is a car guy and gets good cars cheep. When I get to school I go to my locker and put in the...

I want to tell everyone on this cycle that you are doing awesome! I think that because of everyone encouraging one another, it has helped us to get through this together. I also want to thank Master Cavazos for being my mentor. I really appreciate that he comes to Belmont during the week so I can get a mentor meeting. I am also thankful that he wrote my recommendation letter and I didn't even ask him to. I have learned so much from him and I really enjoy our sessions. I found another quote today. "The strongest factor for success is self-esteem: Believing you can do it, believing you deserve it, believing you will get it" - Anonymous  

today i woke up ready to get the day over, i did 5 pull ups and 80 kicks immediately and i felt awake afterwards. i got dressed, ate a bowl of cheerios, pancakes, a glass of orange juice, and a protein shake. i grabbed my lunch and went out to the bus, which i slept peacefully on again. in first block we did more of reading the book about how to be a better person. the rest of class we just sat around and talked since its friday. second block we did more physical training in jrotc starting with push ups and sit ups, then moved on to suicides and sprints, i counted all of this towards requirements. third block we went over 8 common compounds and what elements are needed to be found in something to be considered organic or living. during lunch i sat with my friends and didnt...

Today I helped at Mint Hill's 5:45 family class. It was really fun but I got is sore throat from talking so much. Then I took black belt class and we went over staff attack and defend and hand attack and defend. I think I'm getting it pretty good I just have to keep practicing.

Well, the week started off like this: First there was no school because of labor day. Then we had school on tuesday, after that we had soccer game and got crushed by holy trinity 6-1, then we had another great school day and had a soccer game.  We got crushed 10-0 by providnece day. Then we had practice to correct the mistakes that we made the first two games. Now today we had to do fitness because we let 16 goals go in from the last two games. But it was a great week for requirements. And now I am here typing this journal. Bye and see ya tommorow.

today my mom said i had to work on my random acts of kindnesses so i did i did them when ewe went out 

Well…..it’s Friday!  I always look forward to Fridays because I have grand plans of getting some extra rest.  It never works out that way, but it’s nice to dream about it!  J I got up early this morning, did requirements, got ready for work and began my day.  I only have to work half a day on Fridays.  When I got home I thought about taking a nap, but I baked cookies instead. I delivered my cookies, ate dinner, did some more requirements, and then I decided I was done for the day!  

Today I spent 4 hours in tae kwon do classes again! I first came into the dojang then did my requirements. Then I helped out in class. Then after that I did more requirements. Then I had black belt class and after that I did my home work!

Today I took three whole classes and now that I'm done today I am really, really tired.  In the PMA class we worked on a bunch of knife drills and techniques and I got the hang of it pretty quick.

I got to sleep in an hour later, then I went to rosh ha shana services. I also had a really nice lunch with my family at a cafeteria (which is a family tradition). I took a nap, but I paid for it when I didn't finish my requirements. I also have to make up the school work I missed. But now, it is time for a shower.

Today I slept through my alarm.  I couldn't get as much running done.  I did a mile instead of 1.5.  I did some poomsaes at the bus stop though.  I'm not doing as many requirements because school has started back.  It doesn't feel as overwhelming to do 150 situps in the morning instead of 250.  I like this!  I'm very tired.  I still have to get used to the new schedule.

Today I had a sparring class at Mint Hill. Master Justin taught it, and we did drills, relays, and sparring rounds. I need to work out a schedule so that I can do ALL of my requirements and everything else. Today went pretty well. I didn't get many requirements done, but this weekend I can catch up. I need to do some more pushups tomorrow, as well as kicks.

Today I had so much homework due tomorrow, couldn't go to black belt lass tonite.  My mom is going to take me to the Lake Norman school tomorrow for black belt class there instead.  I already have projects due and homework is really getting to be a lot, so I have to make sure to use time wisely.  I am also starting to notice my push ups getting easier.  This training is starting to pay off!

I really need to go on this website way more, it's bad to fall behind in journal enteries. Im pretty sure Ive only been on this website a little bit of times and it's hard to copy every single thing from your handbook on to here. I hope I pass

i really really need to work on stick form one. i messed up during it in class about fifteen times. i figured out ont thing to night. really hard work could go to serious waste. it happened to me tonight.

This journal is being written late at night so it wont be that good. today I had a spparing class and relized haw much stronger I have become and relized the harder you work the better you get also the harder you work the more sore you get.  

It's green stripe week at S. Charlotte so kicking kicking and some more kicking.  Great class tonight and we took some time to do deep stretching.  Master Moon was my partner.  Oh boy gumby I am- - -ma'am I do not stretch that way - - -I may need to be put back together.  All is good and will be ready for a weekend of classes and requirements. Also doing my white belt this week so have the little kids convenienced I got demoted.  The look on their face was priceless but I was nice and then explained it was part of our training.  

Saturday black belt class is really fun but challenging. I also like sparring class because we get to do fun things different days. Weekday black belt classes are fun when we get to do black belt things. Dream team class is really cool because it taught me how to use sticks and do cool things.

Today to help my little brother with his spelling words, I made up a spelling hop scotch game.  I give him a word, we see how many letters are in the word.  We take the little stone, we toss it to the number of letters there are in the word.  Then he spells it as he hops to the number, grab the stone and spell it all of the way back. 

today i woke up not knowing i would get as much done as i did today. i woke up to the impossible task of getting out of bed, but as always i managed to find the strength to do so. i did pull ups then got dressed for a workout, i did 80 pushups and sit ups, then 120 kicks. after i got dressed for school in workout clothes because i had gym today. i had a good breakfast of cheerios, a banana, orange juice, and a protein shake. i packed up and arrived at the bus early so naturally i just stood there tired. i slept on the bus better than i ever had, not waking up once from the time i sat down to the time she opened the doors to get off. in first block we did an activity where a confusing story was given to us worded...

I’ve completed my daily requirements and I’ll be going to BB class and PMAA class tonight.  That always makes for a really long day, but I’m afraid I might miss something if I don’t go.  I’ve attended all of my required classes, but my motto is “you can never practice too much”, so I keep going.  J Maybe we’ll work on the hapkido after 1-10.  I really need to learn that well!  And hopefully in PMAA class we’ll work on what I actually have to know for testing…I enjoy doing drills, but I don’t learn new things really quick so I need lots of time to practice!

Im setting a good pace with my physical requirements, now its just planning out which classes I can take that benefit me on the BB cycle. Tonight's plan is to go to South Charlotte and get in 3 classes. Hopefully that will help me boost up my leadership classes and I can get ahead. I still need to attend as many PMAA and TKD Plus classes as I can, in order to stay on track. 

Today was pretty normal as far as school and requirements. I worked on my psych project and had a fiddle lesson where I learned two new songs. The abnormal thing about today was that it is Rosh Ha Shana, the jewish new year. I had to go to services and spend my time there rather than being super productive, but it's kind of nice. Well, L'Shana Tova, Happy new year!

Today after school I had homework.   I kind of rushed thru it because I had to go to dream team class.  That was kind of fun because we worked on rolls.  Then I had a mentor session with master Mitchell.  That was good.  We worked on Wang ho 2.  

i don't know what happened witth the website yesterday but i am pretty worried. 1 of my friends predicted that one day a website will default and after an asteriod would hit the earth and end all life. now i think i was being pranked. i don't like those prank people.

Today school was fun. Except we have lots of homework. After school we had a soccer game. We had to play Holy Trinity. They were the state conference champions from last year. I think every body came into the game intimidated because last year they got beat 10-0. But we still did horrible and got beat 6-1. But thats fine, we learned from our mistakes and should be able to stop them the next game. After homework I had to do requirements. It was good except I didnt have enough time to do running but I can make that up.

I did my running requirement while I was practicing in my first cross-country practice at school. I also did 30 push-ups and was able to hold a low plank position for 30 seconds. I also learned different stretches and techniques for warm up before running. 

This week I’ve been a white belt.  Tonight I took the colored belt class and most of the people didn’t know me in that class so I was able to really act like a white belt.  Now I can write my essay!  J I’ve begun getting everything all mixed up in my head.  It seems like I’ve learned so much new stuff.  Now I need to get organized and focused so that it’s catalogued in my mind correctly.  I’ll have to find the best method for keeping it all straight.

Today I started school. I got up at 5 and I got my running out of the way. I also got a few situps and pushups done before I had to get ready for school. I went to class after school. I got to work on knife self defense, poomsaes, and hapkido. I am so tired!!!! I could fall asleep while typing this up! Well tomorrow is a new day and I am so excited! It was day 35 for me and that means... The Half-way Point!!!!!!! Yay! 5 am is when I'm getting up. The first things that I see are socks, running shoes, and the treadmill.

Got to meet with my mentor today and yippie!!!! Always great and leave feeling positive with new knowledge.  Helped with the advanced tigers then took sparring class.  Even better Inst. Hsin did not kill the old lady.  It may not have have been pretty but I did everything the kids did and did not fall to far behind.  The kids were great and very patience with me.  Not only am I older than most of the parents but could be a grand parent to some of them.  Look forward to more classes with them.  Inst. Hsin has a way of teaching sparring that I can understand.  I am not quick and probably never will be but I can still learn skills that would be to my advantage.  Enough requirements for the day my body says no more till tomorrow.  

The black belt cycle is going good.  I went to my classes today and got my credits.  I have noticed that when you are focusing on the big things like the 10,000 push ups it is hard to remember the little things like journal entries.  I started wondering why I even had to write journal entries.  So my mom asked me what I learned from writing them.  I said that thinking about these entries has made me work my brain harder than its ever worked.  Then I knew I had my answer.  The physical requirements make me work my body harder than its ever worked and these journal entries make me work my brain harder than its ever worked.  I answered my own question.  The black belt cycle works the whole body, even my brain. 

We are doing this recycling program in the 5th grade.  We go around to each classroom and collect their recycling bins and put the items into different can.  It is really fun and I'm sure everyone will agree it's fun.  What makes it exciting for me because I get to help for one month.  On Friday my teacher is going to be out and she's asked me to be in charge of the whole program.  

had my second xc meet today! i ran a 23:52 which was slower than my first but this course had three huge hills. well two but i had to go up one twice. they were huge. cant stress that enough. had to take it easy on requirements and stuff today. still got most in

Today I went to class at Belmont and helped out for the advanced class. I taught blue belt poomse to some new blue belts.

Today I had a hard but good day today. I knocked out more requirements today then I did in a while. I also had golf practice till 7:00 so I had to do a lot this morning.