Spring 2025 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!

Another sick day :(

I woke up a bit later than normal today at 6am. I put my shoes on and a sweater then I went on a nice 3 mile jog. I got back right before sunrise. Then I ate breakfast and finished my weekly math homework. I got ready for school then it started snowing and I'm surprised they didn't cancel school today because it looked like more snow than yesterday when they cancelled school. So I went to school, it was a pretty short day. By my last class, I started to feel very hungry but neasous at the same time.  Once I got home, I ate a small snack then went to the 6 o'cloock class. I assisted and lead warmups during class. Then I went to sparring and about 5 minutes in, I rushed to the bathroom because I felt like I was going to puke. I didn't puke, so I...

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Journal - Day 15

Good evening, everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. Two snow days in a row! I'm really hoping we have a two-hour delay tomorrow or maybe another day off because I really do not want to wake up early. I've used these past two days to catch up on some work, which is great because I'm actually starting to understand the concepts. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

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February 20th

We had a two hour delay this morning because of snow. I got up and went to school early with my mom and brother. it started to snow while we were at school and my mom and I went out and caught snowflakes on our hair and shirts. The snowflakes were perfect! It was neat to look at and watch. The rest of the day was fast but I liked it. The short school day was fun. Now it is really cold outside and I am getting ready for sparring class.

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Snow Day!!! V2

It snowed again!!! I cannot believe it and the snow was very heavy and good for making snowballs, so we spent like an hour doing that then my dad came out of work and ambushed us but unluck for him we had a whole cart of snowballs waiting for him... Now we are about to have a pizza and movie night.      

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Snow day!!!

Today It snowed!!! If you live in North Carolina, you know that that's rarer than winning the lottery. anyway, I came outside to play    and then I did school next I did my tea kwon do stuff and went outside to play in the snow with my friend we started to make a snow man but then we just destroyed it.  After that we played basketball and when we came inside, we had been outside for two hours then I went to kt and got a lead and assist.

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2/16 Dreiman, Dominic #29

Today I woke up then got ready to go to soccer on the car ride I work on my essays then we won 2/1 in our soccer game went home played siege then mini basketball then went out to eat I got steak then came home and slept and that's my day

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Overslept

I overslept this morning and couldn't get my daily pre-work practice in.  I'll have to do it during my lunch hour today.  

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Hard Semester

I'm starting to get the vibe that it's a hard semester here for everyone.  That's why nobody's showing up at clubs anymore.  That's why there's so much drama and complications all of a sudden here.  That's why I find it hard talking to my friends.  I was on edge about everything thus far.  Today I was on edge about a call with an astronomy professor in Arizona who was working with us on research with Be stars.  I wasn't sure what it was about but I didn't think it was going to be anything good given all of the events of this semester thus far.  However, it turned out that he saw that I was interested in that field of research and called to ask if I wanted to be part of a small group that had a few additional roles in the research over the semester.  I unfortunately had to...

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2/19

Snow day today meaning no school! even though it barely snowed after my school hours, I'll take it! I got a lot of my assignments today and took this day to relax. For tomorrow, my classes will be virtual, but atleast I'll be at home.

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IT (clap) IS (clap) TOO (clap) COLD!

So we have come back to the freezing cold that I thought would be avoided when my aprents moved my two year old self from Ohio to North Carolina. But NOPE! Weather goes crazy man.   I HATE ONLINE SCHOOLING!   So I had online learning today due to the "severe weather" which might I add, we definitely did not need to be off of school today. But when I am at home trying to do any form of schoolwork, I just have no energy or desire to do anything. The school enviornment really helps, and I feel like I can only do schoolwork IN SCHOOL! My gardes and intelligence when it came to my education plummeted due to Covid, as isolation and inability to focus in the confinds of my own home occured. Disassociation occured during Covid (if you know, I am truly sorry for what you had to experience...

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02/19-Sid

Today my school was canceled because of the snow! I really enjoyed playing in the snow because it was a surprise. I didn’t know if it would snow until i looked through my window . I also liked today because i got rest, and didn't go to school. 

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Journal #38--2/19/25 Remote Day

Today we woke up and ate breakfast and packed our lunches.  Today school was canceled and we had a remote learning day.  Mom dropped me off at the top of the hill at KT and I did a mile and a half.  When I finished I did my school work.  After that I got on my switch with Nixon and Carter.  Then we played some big matt games once all the kids were done with their work.  We had lunch and watched a movie about 1130.  After that me, Carter and Nixon did some rolls and falls, and cinuwalles (I have no clue how to spell that).  Ms. Jen also did a group mentor session with me, Carter, and Aeraly.  When we went home I did another mile and built a mini snowman.  We had dinner and I got ready for bed.  Mom told me we have a 2 Hour delay...

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National Chocolate Mint Day!!! 02/18/25

OH YEAH! CHOCOLATE MINT?? COULD I ASK FOR A BETTER COMBINATION??? (And for those who say "It taste like toothpaste" Hush up because I really couldn't care less.) I'M BACK AT IT AGAIN WHOOOHOOOOOOOO! I started my very non-productive day with me waking up at 6 A.M. and grabbing my phone and going downstairs to have eggs with a bagel for the 25th time since my diet thing started. I cut out thing with a lot of sugar like candy and sweets this includes muffins and cereal so I'm really out of options. I absolutely positively can not go another day like this!!! MY LIFE IS GONE! I NEED SUGAR!!!!!!! only 11 more days to go but I remember what felt like 5 million weeks ago it only said 15 more days... CAN IT GO ANY SLOWWER? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!   It was about 8:30 A.M. when I fell asleep and woke up...

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SNOW DAY!!

I usualy wake up feeling a certain way, either tired or relaxed, today I just felt fine, no special anything, so I just ate breakfast then did my online work for school since school is canceled today. I waited for it to snow at about 12 pm then it snowed a bit, but it wasn't a lot then I went outside and worked out and then did my black belt things until like 2 pm were it started snow a bunch. So I don't like running in snow or rain or extreme cold or heat like most people do but I didn't care and I went outside for a run went it was snowing the most. The fiirst few miles were fine then like at mile 2.25 it started like heavily snowing so it smacked me so much and I couldn't see anything and it was very very cold so I...

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02/19/2025

I definitely enjoyed sleeping in today. It was a very simple day for me, do a few assignments and spend the rest of my day however. It was snowing pretty hard at noon but it didn’t stick so it didn’t really matter. Maybe next time.

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2/19/2025 19/50

I have started my dietary chalange by doing the dash diet. Today has been fun due to not having school or tkd. I still obviously had virtual work but it wasn't that bad. Tomorow I have a 2 hour delay for school which is bad. This week is nearly over.

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2/19

I need help. Something terrible has happened. It is the dreaded Poomsae Merge. It started When I was doing koryo and ended up doing chil chang. Now I am confusing my poomsaes. In other news, SNOW!!! (I barely played in it) Today was a remote learning day and I worked from home.

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Wednesday Journal Entry

Today I woke up and ate breakfest and then went to school. All CMS schools were closed and had remote learning, but my school had regular bell time, but we had early dismissal. I wasn't sure it was going to snow, but it started around 12PM, and it looked a little heavy but now it's all gone. Tomorrow we have school, but it's a 2 hour delay. Today, after school I didn't get to run outside, but I got all my exercises in at home. I'm doing planks, pushups, squathrusts, situps, pull ups. Then I did my homework for most of the remaining hours of the day. I'm heading to bed now, and want to be lights out by 9:30PM. It was a good day.

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2/19

YAY SNOW! I was really happy to not have to wake up early with a alarm, and super happy for the snow! As I waited for the snow we made muffins, which were really good and I did my remote school work. Then I work on some essays and had some lunch, then I worked ahead on some of the requirements. Finally it snowed so I played outside for a while. Then we went to TKD, and it was a really small class. When we got back I had so candy and I did some reading, now I am getting ready for bed. ♥

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2/19

I'm so happy, I got to sleep in this morning and not wake up to an alarm because today we had a remote learning day. For breakfast we made muffins, and I was done with all of my schoolwork by about noon. I started working on my new skill, I'm learning how to crochet! after that I biked 6 miles (indoors, not outside in the snow ;), which is equivalent to 2 miles of running. By the time I was done it was snowing hard. I was so excited to I geared up and went outside to play with my sisters and neighbors. I played out there for about 2 hours. When I came inside, I had 1 hour until going to TKD. I ate dinner and then left. My mentee didn't show up for a meeting today, almost nobody was there because of the weather. Despite that, I got my...

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Snow

Today we had another snow day. I pranked my brother today with the snow. we went to d-bat and I got a huge blister but it is all fine. I brought baked goods to King tiger. now I am going to bed so see ya!!!!!1

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LMP Feb 19

Happy snow day...or lack thereof. CMS made the call yesterday at 4:45pm to cancel school. I don't know about anyone else, but I haven't seen a single flake fall. On to more stressful things... I need a new mentee. My mentee has gone MIA and I can't keep waiting for her to show up. I'm running out of time, so I need to find someone quick.  I will get out to do my rin/jog and fill in my charts asap. 

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February 19th

Snow Day! Well not yet. Still waiting on snow but got a day at home. I got my requirements done for the day and remote learning homework. I am really hoping we get some snow today. 

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2/15 Dreiman, Dominic #28

Today I wake up get ready for my basketball game we win 33/12 then me and my dad go get waffle House then come home I play siege with some friends then go practice soccer until it starts raining again then sit inside and fall asleep

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Jump Rope

I'm jumping rope, almost daily, and I don't feel like I'm getting any better.  It's like swimming for me.  I swim laps 3 days a week in the summer, and by the end of summer I'm no faster and it's still just as hard.  I'm doing this jump rope and I still miss jump a lot, I'm not getting faster, etc, etc.  I'll keep going, but it's very frustrating. 

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Remote learning day!

Today I don't have school but I do have remote learning day... but that's OK it will still be fun. I will be spending the whole day at king tiger 🐅 I have some homework  on paper and some on my Chromebook. After I finish my homework I will spend a lot of the time getting ahead on a lot of the black belt requirements. I doubt I will be able to go to the North Charlotte location for sparring if it's icey if I don't then I will take classes at the lake Norman location get class assistance and leadership and take some other classes. 🥋

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2/18

Tomorrow is a snow day for both UNCC and CMS thankfully so I won't have any classes. All i have to do is watch 2 videos and create a canva poster about a federal agency and my day will be over tomorrow.

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Back to Shoreview

Today I got to take a break from my homework for a little while for training at Martial Arts club.  Nobody shows up anymore, so the few of us who are consistently there all have various martial arts backgrounds and are pretty decent at sparring, so we just mess around and spar all the time.  There was a time earlier last semester where a lot more people showed up and there were actual lessons, but since nobody is there anymore, that doesn't happen as much.  That's one of the many reasons why last semester was way better than this one.  I miss last semester.  I'm probably not going to shut up about missing last semester, but it's the way things are thus far.  I am trying to fix it by advertising the club and telling people about it, but so far it doesn't seem to be working.  Maybe everyone is as busy as I...

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STRIKE A POSE!

I am once again.............obsessed with a song that I keep playing on repeat :D   LUTHER BABY!   'luther' by Kendrick Lamar featuring SZA has got to be my favorite song of 2025 so far. It is a song I highly recommend to everyone, as any song with a Kendrick and SZA duo makes me weep. Such amazing songwriting and vocals that have me putting any duo song of theirs on replay. I am in love with this song, and it will probably be on repeat from me for the next week or two.   SO I GUESS IT'S GONNA SNOW!   I am not a fan of snow days because I feel like it will just put me behind on my AP work, but hey that means I get to get caribou tomorrow before work! I also will get more time to record and write more of my song, so...

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02/18/2025

School was even more tiring today, it’s just one thing after the other. Luckily though, school is cancelled tomorrow and it’s just some work I need to turn in before 2pm. 

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National Drink Wine Day. 02/18/25

I'm too tired to write a lot today so here's a run down. I woke up early then went to my doctor for my physical. I went to school and was SOOOOO tired. I went home, ram 3 miles, did requirements, and did not go to class today. I was informed that I do not have school tomorrow for the "snow" which will be a tenth of an inch so I'm quite happy. I'M SO TIREDDDD. Good night!

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Monday/Tuesday Journal Entry

Having two days off from school has really thrown me off my sleep. I am up when I'm supposed to be sleeping and sleeping when I'm suppose to be up. Today, was our first track meet practice for the new season for outdoor track. During practice I ran about 2 miles today. Over the last two days I think I ran about 12 miles all together. Today after track practice I went to piano at Learn Music, and now I'm home and have to get the rest of my exercises done. I don't have to wake up tomorrow at 5:30 and can get an extra 2 hours sleep in before going to school. I'm not sleepy now. I have to get back on my regular sleeping schedule. I'll have my exercises done in the next hour and will try to get to bed.

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CRAZY DAY

So I not purposely wake up at 4:25 am right after I had a nightmare, whatever, I go back to sleep until 5:30 then I go on a easy 3 mile run and I start halluctionated, I usualy halluctionate like bunny rabits or small things. At mile 2.5 I see a creepy person, like really creepy, After running by him for like 5 seconds I start to panick and I sprint off then go back home. So morning is interesting then I go to school and I feel HORRRRRRIBLE like I might vomit and I have a headache but im also hungry and I have extreme anxiety so I ask my mama to pick me up then I chill for the rest of the day until I got dinner then went to a trivia place at like 7:00 and it was nice going there, thankfuly no school tommorow so yay! Good...

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Journal #37--2/18/25

Today I woke up and got ready for school.  Mom and I walked to school.  When I got to school we did blocks.  I also gave out my Valentines since I missed school Friday, I also got to bring mine home today.  We brought our chromebooks home today because there was a chance that we won't have school tomorrow.  And later on at KT I found out school is remote tomorrow!  Hopefully it snows.  At KT I did some bbc stuff and ran with Carter.  I played some games too.  Tonight was scout night and tonight was Cross over.  After the ceremony we went over to the scout hut with the troop and had some treats and sat in on the meeting.  After scouts was over we went home and got ready for bed. 

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02/18-Sid

Today I had a teacher work day , so had no school today.  I went to tae kwon do class and helped out in class and also finished my mentor and mentee sessions 

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2/18

Today I got up early to walk the dog and also completed some physical requirements in the morning. School was boring and we had percussion tryouts in band. I like the trumpet so I did not try out. When I got home I completed the rest of my requirements and then had dinner, showered, and now I am here.

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Journal - Day 14

Good night, everyone! Today was a pretty nice day. I woke up early and was able to wash my hair in the morning before I headed off to school. Today, the middle schoolers came to tour the campus, so I got the chance to help a few kids out if they needed it. After school, I came back home exhausted from a long school day and took a nice nap before heading to work. I am so happy that I don't have school tomorrow! I am planning on taking advantage of my day at home tomorrow to finish up anything. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

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02/18/25

Today has been a long day. It was back to school after a long weekend and now we are off or remote tomorrow in hopes of snow. I'm saying some snow prayers at bedtime.  I finished day 2 as white belt and enjoyed the time. I am working along on the requirements and working on the essays. I'm almost finished with the leadership 1 as well.  Hoping for snow but planning on being at class! Have a good night

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LMP Feb 18

Happens at least 1 time a cycle….assisted with seniors color belt testing tonight. Helped to clean up. Called a bestie on my ride home. Tomorrow we are supposed to get snow…..I’ll believe it when I see…but school closed,so teacher workday for me.

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1/18

Today was good, we had to get up early for jump rope team practice (just like every Tuesday) which was really fun. At school I had a science test that I was really nervous for, but I did good! After school I did my requirements and had a snack, then I just played on my iPad for a little bit. Then we had dinner and I played with my hamster, she’s so cute! Now I am going to bed. ❤️🐹

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2/18

This morning, I got up early to take my sister to jump rope practice. At school it was pretty normal, but good. I had a science vocab test, and did good, and I won 2 games in ELA. There was a lot of talk about school being out tomorrow because of snow! I took tonight off of TKD, so when I got home from school, I did homework, got requirements done, and relaxed on my iPad. Then, my mom told us that tomorrow will be a remote day for school! I am so excited because I get to sleep in and be home tomorrow! Then we ate dinner. I just finished reading some more of my book, I'm almost done, and now to bed! Night night!

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2/18/2025 18/50

I do not enjoy how everybody nags at me. I unfortunately have to deal with 3 of these people because they all think I can do what they want when they want to. If they had an iota of understanding for how I feel they would see that I just need time to plan the way I like. The way I like has me chunking & giving breaks. Also apparently I'm supposed to know everything about what they want. They leave my sister the spinnach on the counter & she knows to cut it, but that seems highly illogical because maybe you don't want cut spinach or maybe it went bad or maybe you're about to use it. so why would it make sense to cut the spinach shen you see it on the counter instead of just telling me.

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No school

we found out that we have on school and is going to be a party day. I got a new book and am already 2/3 of the way through it.now I am going to bed see ya   

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2/14 Dreiman, Dominic #27

So today we got the day off and then I wake then Sit on my phone for a lil bit then play games with my friends then go play basketball then come eat dinner and go to bed

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Back to school!

Today we are going back to school! Yay! I love school but I also love a nice long weekend. I'm also really exited to see the guinea pigs again! A boy in my class might bring his valentines because on valentines day  he forgot them. Yesterday I went to a nature trail with my mom and we ran three miles. It was fun but also really muddy. I also went to the 4: 15 class and helped out I did some pull ups when they were doing the 4:45 then I took class at 5:15 and did a leadership. My grandparents were going to come over, but they dicided to stay home and relax I also see them alot because they live 7 minutes away from where I live. I ate dinner watched TV then headed to bed. Have a terrific Tuesday. 

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Tough start to the day

Woke up pretty sore from chopping up the tree yesterday.  Really made the first rounds of pushups and situps hard today.  I'm not sure how much I'll get today.  Poomsae and Self-defense were done really, really slowly.  Worked on my stances and hand placement.

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Catch-Up Part 2

I couldn't think of a title.  I'm still catching up on stuff.  This semester is a lot.  I had no idea it was going to be like this.  It's also super cold outside.  The high is 253.7 Kelvins.  That's -3 degrees Fahrenheit.  I wonder if one of these days I can try pouring boiling water out and letting it freeze, provided it can eventually reach that temperature.  I don't know if it usually gets that cold though.  It's gonna have to dip about 30 more degrees (Fahrenheit, not Kelvin), but I wouldn't be surprised.

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2/17

I went to school today and discussed top 10 most serious crimes you can commit. I spent the rest of my afternoon catching up on all of my economics homework and mathwork.

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02/17/2025

I went to school this morning, as usual, unfortunately my school did not have an off day. There was testing at the dojang today so I wad able to take an almost day off. Luckily I had no homework so I took a nap with no worries.

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Journal #36--2/17/25 NO SCHOOL!!

Today we didn't have school!!! So we didn't have to get up as early! When mom woke up she got me and Anthony off electronics and we had breakfast.  Then we packed our lunches.  Then mom dropped us at King Tiger a little early.  I traded pokemon with Nixion.  Then we did roll call and split into to groups big kids and little kids, the big kids played big matt games first.  Brien came and picked me and Anthony up at 11, earlier than we thought he was coming.  So we took our lunches with us.  We hung out a Brien's for the day and had a Mario Kart tournament.  Later on he had to bring us back a little earlier than planned because he had something come up for work.  When I got back to KT I ran a mile and then played some video games.  Then I did a...

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time travel

So, I am behind schedule, so I need to pretend that it's the 13th.  Today Is the day before Valentine's Day but my school is celebrating it.  so, it just kind of norm in-between classes we put candy in buckets but that's pretty much it.  then I went to a bible study.  on the way home I saw A DOG that was lost we tried to catch it, but it ran away. I hope it is found.  

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02/17-Sid

Today, i went to a cave tour where they bring us inside a cave. I saw bats, cockroaches and other bugs. Also, i did all this in Puerto Rico, and today I travelled back to North Carolina.

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boring "_" '-'

Today I did schoolwork spent like 3 hours texting my friend and did some exercises nothing much.  I actually did learn at kt that you can only do one class assistance per day, so I was like CRAP i have a lot to do.         

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Washington's Birthday! 02/17/25

Easy and short today! I did requirements and got a mentor session! Had some funny moments with my friends and supported one when she had to so her white belt challenge which was funny. Overall had a really draining day and I have such a busy day tomorrow so I'm off to bed!!!!

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2/17

We had off of school today, because of President's Day. Today we had to drive back from the beach/grandma's house. The drive wasn't that bad, it was only 4 hours...but it felt really long! I was really tired, so I had so left over pizza and then just relaxed before TKD. TKD was good, I got some leadership stuff and a mentor meeting. Now we are home I took a quick shower, and I am getting g ready for bed. ♥

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2/17

Today I ran 3 miles and did my other physical requirements. I also went to class and got in a mentee session and led warmup stretches. Now I just want to sleep and dream of somethig other than Poomsae.

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2/17/2025 17/50

today has been funny. the problem is that I had shortened class because of testing on wednesday. I enjoy the knowledge that frauds are found out. Because when they are it always leads to something better. My problem is that it's easy to become a fraud. Famous frauds include Andrew Wakefield(Caused the anti-vaxx & Vaccines cause autism movment), Victor Lusting(sold the eifile tower), & Melissa Caddick(ponzi schemes)

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2/17

I had today off of school because of the holiday. This morning, we left my grandma's house and the beach to get home before TKD classes. It was 4ish hour drive, but it felt longgg. We got home around 3:15 and did some unpacking. I just relaxed when we got home because I was really tired. I ate a snacky dinner before going to TKD. I got a mentor and mentee meeting in along with some leadership credits. I didn't get to running today, but I will catch up with that tomorrow. I am about to take a shower and get my requirements done before going to bed!

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02/17/25

Happy President's Day! or as I like to call it, a Day out of School!!!! Today I spent time with a friend, got some things done, went to class and started my white belt challenge. It was different to do white belt again and be in the back of the class.  It was a good weekend but I am looking forward to seeing my friends at school tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow night. 

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LMP Feb 17

Long day. Very tired from being cold during 8 hour workshop.  I’m going to bed. Sorry this isn’t more detailed. 

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essays

Today I got 2 essays done so I am feeling really good and I only have 3 class assistance left. now I am going to bed. see ya !

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Sunday Journal Entry

Yesterday my day starts by going to church. When I got home I did my laundry, and went for a run. I didn't keep exact track of my run, but from my apartment I ran all the way up Old Statesville past Davidson, and then I saw a pizza shop and I realized I went to far and was in Moorsville. I turned around, when I got home my dad told me that I did about 16 miles. I was using my phone to listen to music which I never did before so I think I just got distracted and ran to far. I never got tired, but I was jogging and not running very hard. I did the rest of my exercises later in the day before bed, and spent most of the day doing school assignments. There is no school today, so I slept in late. 

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Journal - Day 13

Good morning, everyone! I woke up kind of late this morning because it's a day off and I just needed it. I have a lot planned today. My main goal is to get mostly all of my essays done by tonight because I know I won't have time later on. I am planning on going out today for a bit, then coming back and going on a run in my neighborhood. After that, I'll head to TKD and start work there. I still have one assignment to finish up, but I can do it tomorrow. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

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No school!

There is no school today! ( for me at least) I wish there were only four days of the week and three days of the weekend all the time. ☹️😢 Today I have to do more then I have been doing this weekend. ( meaning more chores etc.) Today my plan is basically to eat breakfast 😋 hang out/ play piano 🎹 do my requirements for the day💪then do some chores relax/ eat lunch 🍔🍟 read book/ play game 📙 go for a run 🏃‍♀️ with my mom 👩 take a shower if i have time 🚿 go to Starbucks on the way to king tiger LKN i will do class assistance a leadership and then take class. That is basically what I will be doing today might be in slightly different order 🙃 😅 but we don't talk about that... Have a great Monday!

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No physical requirements today

A 50+ foot tree fell in the yard last night while we were out to dinner (no injuries or damages).  I'll get my workout stripping, chopping, and moving it today (thank goodness for a bank holiday) so I don't see myself doing any pushups, situps, etc.  

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National Almond Day! 02/16/25

For starters, who doesn't like a good almond? I mean, if you're allergic I could understand that. Otherwise, happy national almond day! (with some chocolate on top) Today I ran a rather lot with my sister. We went down the trail and then saw a pond full of ducks.... and just ran from house to house all day to hang out with some friends. I was SOOOOOO TIRED, my sister got to be on a bike the whole time while I had to use my two FEET! We came back some and had some time to louse around. I started a new crochet projects for some friends at TKD today! I hope to get it done before Wednesday. I'm too tired to continue I'm really cutting it short tonight.. (It's 11:45 P.M.) GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY!

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2/16

Today I decided not to do my homework and save it for tomorrow solely because it is a Sunday. I also have criminal justice discussion first thing tomorrow morning about top ten crimes committed, so it shouldn't be a hard day. 

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02/16/2025

I wasn’t able to rest all too much today. I had to go to church and a youth event. When I got home I had to do the cycle stuff and then some leftover homework. 

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2/16/2025 16/50

I am terrible at bieng creative. I am doing good in the cycle & now I have to get to work on branching out. The cycle has proven as expected, difficult but fair. the next thing I have to work on is getting a protoge. so I'll work on that. bye!

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IT HAS BEEN A WHILE

Yeah, I know it has been some time since I have journaled. But now, with my sickness of Type A Flu being over and life for me skewing back to being somewhat normal, I am ready to write for y'all again.   CARIBOU IS SO DELICIOUS!   So this new coffee spot by Birkdale Village called Caribou opened up recently, and I am obsessed. I have been getting the iced mint mocha which is probably the best coffee I have ever had. It is so delicious, so addictive, and yes I should not be drinking coffee at the ripe age of sixteen. I bought myself a large iced mint mocha to drink throughout poomsae class today, and I also bought my mom a malted mocha which she found delicious. This is some amazing coffee, and I highly recommend buying a coffee from Caribou as a treat on your way to King...

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Homework Sunday

I don't really know what other people do on Sundays, but for me, it's homework and more training sessions.  I typically wake up very late on Sunday mornings, usually at around noon, but over where I'm at, nobody wakes up early on weekends anyway.  I tried to go to the gym and then to breakfast the first Saturday morning I was here at around 7:45 AM and I was literally told to go back to sleep.  Anyway, I am still doing homework as we speak, chilling in the lounge with some friends.  I will see everyone later since I have to get up tomorrow, and the sooner I can do homework, the sooner I can sleep.

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the need to sleep

Today was kind of boring I did a ton of workouts finished blue beetle and played the drums.  After that my friend came over and he got a world record for reaction time at 0.00 and I got 0.03.  Tomorow is Presidents' Day, but I still have schoolwork "_".  hope I can hang out with my friend tomorrow/SOOOOOOOO tired.     

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Journal #35--2/16/25

Today I woke up and had cheese toast for breakfast, mom FIANLLY got more bread! Then we got ready for church.  When we got to church I went to my Sunday school class, and I accidentally ate a really small cinnamon roll, oops!! I forgot that I wasn't supposed to be eating any extra sweets (this is soo hard)!!! Mom had nursery today but no one came, so after a little bit we went over to the church.  After church we had lunch from Zaxby's, I had a salad! Then I relaxed at home and watched some YouTube and played some video games.  I also ran a mile and a half (still have another mile and a half to complete for last week)!  I also painted my pinewood derby car.  And mom asked me all the test questions again.  I relaxed some more and then we had dinner.  Then I took...

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2/16

Today I got to sleep in, it felt good. We’re still at my grandma’s house. Today started out gloomy and rainy but by the end of the day it was sunny and really nice outside. Today I did my second digital detox day, now I finally finish up my essay. So this morning we played games and chocolate dipped some strawberries while it was raining. I also got some requirements done. Then we cruised around and went to the horse barn, the playground and drove down the beach road. Then, we came home and ate a snack. Once we digested we went to go run our daily mile(s) on the beach road. It was so beautiful. We hung out at the beach for a little while before coming back to the house to eat dinner. Once our digital detox period was over I called my friend and played iPad. The. We ate...

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1/16

Today was really fun, we are at our  grandma’s house which is at a beach and we did our digital detox. In the morning it was raining so we played bingo, which was really fun. Then later in the day it was got sunny so, we went to the horse farm, and they have some really cute barn cats. Then we went to a play ground, and then we ran our mile on a beach road, which was nice. When we got back we got some pizza and relaxed. Now to bed! ♥

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2/13 Dreiman, Dominic #26

Today was a Thursday but we have Friday off so it was basically a Friday to start off. I had PE in the morning we switch from indoor soccer and have started doing nitro ball. Nitro ball is kind of like volleyball, but you're supposed to let it bounce. In my opinion, indoor soccer is a little bit more fun, but I still had a great time after PE I had had English. I finished up my personal narrative, submitted it and got it finished after English. I had science. We're working on periodic table. Got that finished this week and for my last class. AKA well second to last class was math we had a test today but it was fine after math I had social studies. Finished up my writing response. I think I did very well.

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ping pong

today we went to see a musical and had a fun time. after that I was looking at my rock collection. I realized that I had some rare rocks. we went to our grandparent's house and played ping pong.all in all it was a fun day

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LMP Feb 16

Had a great training this morning with the Sunday black belt crew. I actually remembered my 1st Dan 1 steps and I think I have my 2nd Dan 1 steps down. I M slowly getting through the curriculum. Starting to feel more confident and pleased with my progress. Was able to get my requirements done in between the raindrops too. Hoping for a good week. 

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February 16th

Today I worked on some on the essays> I am also excited about a sleep over at my friends house. I have workday tomorrow so no school and I always have fun at her house. It is so windy today. Bye!

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Essays!

I did not realize there were so many essays I mean I saw but I didn't realize there were so many! It will be interesting  today I did two essays and I already had finished one. ✅️ I did digital detox, who is your role model and why and healthy food change for 30 days. I feel pretty good about the essays though it might take a while to finish them. Yesterday other than class I just relaxed the rest of the day. Today I did my requirements watched harry potter 7 part 1it was really good 👍 I painted some blank wooden nesting dolls white as their first layer later I will make their faces and unique designs/ patterns. I'm so happy it's a three day weekend!

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Today's practice

A great small group practice today.  2ish hours of practicing and helping (and a healthy dose of joking around too).  I feel a lot more confident with 2nd and 3rd 1-steps now as well.        

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2/16

Today I woke up late and so I also started working out late. I have most of my things done and am lookig to finish an essay today. Hoping to finish beforr I go to MaxLife. I did finish with time to spare. I also managed to complete 2 miles and I am making my way back up, even though I am slightly behind.

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Journal - Day 12

Good morning, everyone! Yesterday was an easy day. I woke up really late yesterday because we came back from temple really late the day before, so I wasn't able to make black belt class. I was really tired when I headed to the dojang, but eventually came back to my normal self and had fun teaching yesterday. Today, I have a lot of work ahead for myself and am planning on finishing all of it before I go to sleep tonight. I am planning on focusing on the techniques of my requirements from now on. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

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Saturday Journal Entry

Today I started off my day by waking up at 8AM and going to blackbelt class. I started off by doing my staff form 1 and 2 then went on to start doing poomsae's which was honestly fun at the end of class where you had to do as many poomsae's you could in 3 minutes. After class I went home and ate breakfeast and then did a morning jog for 1.7 miles then I did my jump rope and my pushups, situps, and squathrusts. Most of the day went on normally then at the end of the day i did some excercise before i went to bed and practiced some poomsae's. Tomorrow is church in the morning, and spend the rest of the day at home doing school work. We have off Monday and Tuesday and I had to leave school early on Friday to go to the track meet,...

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2/15

Going to the dentist today and what not drained my energy. My gums have been aching all day, but hopefully tomorrow the pain will go away.

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02/15/2025

I didn’t do much today. I went to black belt class in the morning, then the dentist, got food, and practice for a youth group event. When I got home, I took a big nap and then spent the rest of the day mostly relaxing.

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National Gumdrop Day. 02/15/25

Today was kinda a mess. Actually, a really big mess. I woke at the crack of dawn and couldn't sleep so I just loused around. When it was about 7:15 A.M. I got up and ready to go to Saturday Black Belt Class. After that I had to race out of there sadly and get into the car so we could pick up my mom's two friends from the airport. When we got home I took a very warm, probably boiling, shower and just stayed home. I did some more drawings from characters I liked and added them to my collection on my door and let my sister do my hair so it would be natural. Now I put a face mask on and I'm off to bed! Sorry I missed yesterday's journal but now if anyone was wondering it was National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day yesterday. I hope everyone has a good...

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2/15/2025 15/50

I got to relax, Finally. Today I had black belt class & then I was free so I did that & had my fun. I now sit writing this after a day spent relaxing & playing video games. I haven't gotten a chance to relax all week so I am very satisfied. The only thing to make this better is if I could bake stuff.

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2/12 Dreiman, Dominic #25

Woke up to a cold Wednesday this morning.  Today I have every single class, but mostly thinking about math integer exam. I also had to work on science where we are working on this superhero element or super villain element project. I am the evil Montague mg magnesium. After school, I assisted in Taekwondo, then had basketball practice, then was back to taekwondo for Black Belt class.

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Journal #34--2/15/25

When I woke up I went to KT for black belt class, and the pre black belt 1st poom/dan and up class before regular class.  Then I did some work on my essays and got caught up on my pull-ups for last week while mom worked, I was going to run but it started raining, boooo.  We finally got to leave at about 11:15.  Next we left and dropped my uniform top off at Mrs. Laurens to get my 4th star sewed on from Jr Instructor camp!  After that we stopped at Food Lion for a couple things then we went home and I had lunch, left over pizza and wings from Jets, YUUUMMMM!  Then mom asked me all the test questions and I got most of them right, just the 1st dan section I really need to work on more.  I got the flag 100% on the first try!  I...

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Poke Mon

today I was playing Poke Mon violet and scarlet.i did my requirements and had a fun day. I mostly chilled and watched movies with my mom and dad.but now I have to go to bed so see ya 

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Average sdaturday

THE WEEK IS OVER AND NOW IT'S SATURDAY! I wake up feeling great so I get to black belt class early and Grandmaster Evins starts class early today, so I get an extra 15 minutes of black belt class! After that I went home and then ate breakfast and then went on a small run. I did my black belt requirments after that and then chilled for a bit till 7:00 and I went to a 130 sauna to cycle on a bike for 30 minutes and it felt to tiring and I almost died. After that I took a shower to get the ocean of sweat off of me and then now im just playing some games till I go to sleep! Good nights!

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LMP Feb 15

Saturday black belt class started at 0800.  JTs was review for their upcoming test next week. I was hoping a specific little one would show so I could possibly mentor her older brother who is a camp yellow. Mine hasn’t shown since January 28th….. had a good mentoring session. I think I have figured out a way to remember my 1st Dan one steps…..we’ll find out tomorrow morning.  Night all. 

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2/15

This morning I got up early to go to black belt class. Class was good, and I got a mentor meeting in. After black belt class we packed up the car and got on the road to my grandma’s house in Daufuskie Island, SC. we got her around 5:00. I just finished eating dinner and dessert, now I’m playing iPad and relaxing before bed!

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Journal - Day 11

Good evening, everyone! It's been so long since I've written in my journal and tracked on the website. From last time, I have a lot of updates. I've been seeing improvement in my requirements, and they've been progressively getting easier this past week. I also finished my dietary restriction challenge last Sunday! School assignments have been getting a bit more difficult, so I need to make sure I'm staying focused and concentrated. Overall, I had a pretty normal (packed) week, but I guess I'm used to it now. I am going to take advantage of this long 4-day weekend to catch up on some work and finalize my essays. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

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02/15- Sid

Today, I went to a beach in Puerto Rico. It was fun, and i played in the water for hours. Then i finished my cycle and slept.

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2/15

Today I woke up early for BBC weekend and then ot my physical requirements completed for the day. Then, I went to community service and played bingo with elderly people in an assisted living center. I was supposed to go to my Uncle's house, but he was not feeling well and the visit was postponed Now I am home.

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February 15th

This morning I had black belt class and worked on self defense, poomsae, staff and kicks.  It was a lot but I had fun. I am hoping for snow this week when I looked at the weather it said maybe towards the end of the week. I am working on my essays and learning the test answers. Have a good night yall.

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Physical! Physical! Physical! /"_"

Today I did an INSANELY large amount of physical stuff to get caught up I spent about two one-hour sessions of nonstop running /pushups / sit-ups/ burpees / jump rope / Pome Sae / self-defense / kicks / pullups / plank /. Well, you get the point after that I played fortnight with my dad and now, I am about to go for a third tonight we will eat out again and I will have a rest day.     

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Family weekend

This weekend is going to be a family weekend. Although I did have to go BBC today I learned more bb specials and did sticks! It was fun! I wasn't able to mentor Xander because are BBC ran over a bit so and he had to do class so I went to Harris Teeter and then home. I relaxed and watched Instagram then I had lunch at home with my family. This weekend is just going to be a chill, relaxing weekend other than when I did class this morning 🌄 Hope everyone has a great relaxing weekend with their family's! <..> .^.:);)

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