Candidate Journals

Today it snowed but, my mom said that I could not play in it. So my sister made a game called the "sing and song". I did most of my requirements so far. 

I woke up today getting the news that there was no school today. I am very happy because I really need to study and prepare for my pre-test. Yesterday was an average day for me as everything in school was back to a daily routine. I got a benchmark test on reading and I passed it superiorly. I came home and relaxed with my family as we played WiiU Games. After that, I helped out the 6:45 family class and took Black Belt class afterwards. I also got a mentor session in after Black Belt class as we practiced double stick form. I came home very tired and slept as soon as my head hit my pillow. Hope everyone had a great day as I am looking forward to playing in the snow later in the day!!

Today it is snowing outside! We got the day off and played outside a bit. I also played video games and played with my friends. I got in a fight with my brothers friend and we had to go home for lunch. Then we went back to my friends house and played outside. Then my bothers friend got in trouble for turning on the hose. Then we got sent home. We also made snow cream and ate it. Then we watched a movie. 

I took a work from home day as I wasn't feeling 100% when I woke. Luckily I felt better later in the day and was able to go to TKD classes. Tomorrow looks to be a snow day so I will likely have to work from home again, but I am not complaining about that.

Today is the first day of me being mentored and I found a mentee. I went to black belt class and did mt self defense there. 

Pretty busy day at work, I'm glad that I did my push ups, sit ups, kicks and burpees first thing in the morning.  Keeping a pretty clean eating habit.  I feel pretty good so far.

I've been hearing that statement a lot today. I finally realized that it was because the schools that have finals tomorrow have to reschedule their tests. I can understand that some people just want to get their tests over with, but for people who just have a normal day tomorrow- Yes! I really hope it snows, if not they still canceled anyways. I have time to finish up classwork for school and do TKD  requirements. I really want it to snow, on the side note.. I want to wake up and go to my window and see a white blanket over my yard- it would be nice. 

It was a easy day at school. We didn't do much work. When I came back from school I did my requirements for the day. I then went early to Tae Kwon Do to do a mentee session. I then took family and black belt class and after that I did a mentor session and reviewed my staff form 1, Bo Cho dan specials and self defense. I am also SO happy that we don't have school tomorrow, I needed a extra day with no school even though we just came back from the weekend. Can't wait to see the snow tomorrow morning!

today I had to miss black belt because I had my first soccer practice. it was so fun. on a nether hand I started my white belt cycle in hopes to get it done soon.  

I began this morning with a great breakfast of egg whites, sausage and coffee.  Early this afternoon I will work on some of my requirements.  I also look forward getting back to class tonight and seeing everyone.

Today I had to go back to school but I wasn't really excited about it. What was exciting is that everyone kept talking about snow! Hopefully tomorrow we will get snow. When I got home, I went for a run. Again. 

I am practicing for the test on Saturday. I am doing really good, i figured out most of the answers on the study guide.

Yesterday was very calm and slow for me as I had a day off because it was MLKJ's day. That meant that I had the whole day to relax and prepare for the pre-test if I finished my requirements in the morning, which I did except for push-ups and sit-ups. I did the push-ups and sit-ups later in the day because I wanted to see how many I can do without stopping. After this was done, I prepared for school at the end of the day. Looking down this whole week, I have a "test week" because every single day, I have a benchmark test except for Saturday, where I will be doing my pre-test. I am looking forward to everything this week!

Hello everyone. My wife and I took our daughter back to school today. She starts class back up tomorrow. This trip really reminded me that although she is legally an adult (18)... she is still very much a child/teenager. She still very much still needs us for financial and moral support. My daughter is very book smart, but her "life-skills" are sometimes lacking. I just find it fascinating how she view things in life, and how little she really knows about what is ahead of her in the coming years. But, I am positive I was no different. I am still learning as time passes. I am extremely excited for her and her future. I cannot wait to see the directions she takes. But, we will always be here to support her... but hopefully we can lose the financial support some day. :-) Nate spend most of the day at King...

Today was a bank holiday so I was off of work. We went to the movies to see The Greatest Showman. It was better than I had expected and I actually really enjoyed it. The afternoon was spent finishing up the physical requirements and taking a little run. Tomorrow I will be back to work.

today I went to the mall and got a electric sharpener. it was fun. boring rest to the day but hope the next day is better.

Good evening! Today I went shopping and then met a cat on my run. He tried following me home, but he got scared and ran away. That's all. Ciao! - Hannah

Went into my volunteer shift with a killer headache. It was very painful, should have called in sick. Worst combination for my shift. Anyways, today started off pretty great. Woke up early to do requirements, and went out with family. It was one of those day were we had lunch outside and went shopping. Then I cam back and my headache hit, but I still decided to go to my shift. I ended at 7:30 and took a shower. Now I am getting ready for school tomorrow. On the side note, hopefully it snows on Wednesday.

A pretty good day, off work for MLK.  Worked on my higher belt poomsaes.  Had lunch with our girls, and went to the movies and saw The Post.  Not a bad day at all.

Got up got ready for the day camp. At day camp had fun and got all my exercises done. When I came home I ran. Worked on planning my new Lego Creation. Now I am righting this and soon I will eat dinner then maybe have a NERF war.  

Still sick.  Nose is raw.  But, meds are keeping symptoms under control.  Today I did two light workouts to save energy.  Basically did some warm up elliptical, stretched, then did forms.  Regular forms in AM and stick and staff forms in PM. Going to try and do more tomorrow.

Today was a pretty "chill" day. We went out for lunch and after that we went to Walmart to get some things. Then we came home and had the whole day to ourselves. So I decided to get my requirements done for the day. I then decided to look at the weather for this week and saw that it was supposed to SNOW on Wednesday. Hopefully it snows but I'm not getting my hopes up to high because the last time it was SUPPOSED to snow it didn't :(. That's basically all we did today. Don't get your hopes up to high for snow!!

It's time to get back into working on my requirements.   The few days I took off has helped muscles get ready for the next round.  Between watching commentary of MLK  on TV and workouts that will be my day.

Today I don't have to go to school because it is a holiday. Which also means no Tae Kwon Do today. I have not finished my requirements yet but I will. 

Today I don't have school. I don't have school today because it is Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. I mostly sat around the house while doing my requirements. I also had to go run 3 miles. 

Yesterday was an amazing day due to the fact that I stayed home all day just relaxing. I finished all my requirements in the morning itself, so I had time to finish off another piece of homework my teacher's sent me. Once I was done with that, I had the rest of the day to relax and watch football. I was really happy when the Saints lost because I have made them my "rival" in football. I just can't wait for the AFC and NFC championships next week and also the Superbowl!!

It was a good day. Got up this morning and went to church with the family. Great way to start the morning. Made lunch and spent some time with my daughter as she leaves to go back to college tomorrow. Nate and I got our run it and worked through our daily exercises. We are both making progress, but concentrated on poomsaes and self defenses. Plus going through our core knowledge for the pre-test written exam. Less than a week. Want to be prepared. Nate had basketball camp and then headed home to make breakfast for dinner... my favorite. I could eat breakfast for every meal. We finished our exercises and had a Nerf war upstairs. Finished up... put Nate to bed and had some work to finish up for tomorrow. Now I am writing this. Going to finish up and head to bed.

I had tiresome day or should I say morning.  I rushed to the emergency room about 3 am there until  6:15 am.  Slept  late couldn't make it to church.  My desire was to have another lazy day.  I did manage to get a few pushups in..

I had tiresome day or should I say morning.  I rushed to the emergency room about 3 am there until  6:15 am.  Slept  late couldn't make it to church.  My desire was to have another lazy day.  I did manage to get a few pushups in..

This is my first journal entry for my 4th degree black belt cycle.  I find myself in amazement that I have come this far.  When I started in TKD I joined because my girls were taking the classes and I was "encouraged" to join in by my husband and the Hartle's.  I thought at that time "oh well I will do this for a little while", well a little while has been about 10 years, and I'm still going. 

Good evening! Not a lot happened today. I did 3 miles and yesterday I signed up for the poomsae and sparring seminar that is happening in February. That's all for now. Ciao! - Hannah

Today was a fun day for me! I did some of my requirements before I went to church because I knew I wouldn't be able to do all of it in the evening.  After I went to church my parents then dropped me off to a friends house and we went to birkdale and then defy gravity. When I came back it was like 6:30 so I decided after I wrote this journal I would get some more of my requirements done. Hope you had a great day!

Today was a pretty average Sunday. The one day I am able to sleep in a little late. I am very joyful that their is no school tomorrow, I need a break- event though we just got off of Christmas Break. I finished up all my homework and finished my daily requirements. Currently watching the NFL playoff, Saints vs. Vikings. 17-0, Vikings are in the lead. I wonder if the Saints are going to comeback. 

Got up got ready for church. Church was great came home ran and did jump rope. Did poomsae, self-defense, and exercises. Went to Basketball some people were putting their hands all over me. Now I am writing this. Soon I will go eat dinner.       

Today I woke up an hour before I needed to be at work. I started my morning off with some coffee to get me ready for a 7 hour shift. not saying that I am not used to these long shifts, I've worked longer. I work at The Aquatics center, also known as HFFA. I work there as a lifeguard. Today is one of my coworkers last day. About 30 minutes into his shift he left for his break and came back with three pizzas. Ya'll can see that my day so far is off to a great start. Its been a normal day here at HFFA, same members coming in to do their laps, kids coming into celebrate their birthday, divers practicing their dive, just the normal stuff you see every Sunday. Throughout this shift I am getting some requirements done, and working at a gym is great. I get...

     Last night I had to babysit a family. So far the families that I babysat only have 2 kids, but this one had 3, all under the age of 6. Nearly the whole 2 hours I was constantly saying, "Please don't punch your brother. Don't throw the dolls, they don't like that. Stop licking the wall. Don't kick your sister." And my personal favorite, "No, people don't just randomly die when they're back hurts." Now I know how our babysitters felt while watching me and my sisters. But all in all it was a good day.

Still fighting sinus infection. Ran 3 miles yesterday and had a good stretch.  Working on forms today.

So i just got on the web site but my name is not on it yet. I am going mute today and tomorrow i am going to try to do my new skill. 

Today it is Sunday. Today we ran 2.5 miles. After running we went to yoga. Then we had a friend over. His parents and my parents went somewhere while our grandmother took care of us. We played lots of video games. Eventually our parents came back and my friend had to leave. 

Yesterday was extremely tiring day for me as I barely was able to finish sparring. This was because we did a ton of roundhouse and inside-out stretch kicks!! During the one hour break between classes, Greg helped me do all my requirements. He and my other friends are all like family to me. Even though Greg wasn't on the cycle, he still did requirements with me and we practiced all the stick and staff forms. It is amazing to have friends that have your back. After that, I took Black Belt class where we did mostly sold belt self defenses but we did some poomsaes as well. Today is Sunday and I am going to try to relax and try to take pressure of shoulders for the whole day. Luckily, I have no school tomorrow since it is MLKJ day and I am looking forward to having a great and relaxing day...

We got the kick bag set up in the house. We also got the exercise tiles put out so we have a nicer family workout area. The night was spend in company with amazing friends going to the Indian restaurant Copper before heading over to Big Ben Pub for a beer and a chat. The kids stayed home and spent the night with their grandmother. All in all a really good day.

Woke up and started the day with a breakfast before heading to sparring. After sparring it was time for black belt class. Once we got home for I went for a little 5k run. The rest of day was spent hanging up ceiling fans in 2 rooms and finishing up my requirements before relaxing with the family watching "National Treasure".

Watcing the Patriots and Titans game. Pretty intense game. Anyways today was a very dizzy day. It was a usual Saturday with going to Tae Kwon from 8-1. Then I went to church. I came back and started watching the football games. Hopefully everyone had a great day!

today I got to get the wheel chair and I am going to do the handicap tomorrow it will be hard and i might have not  do it right but maybe I can do it  

Today I went to black belt and sparring, we did all of our self-defense

Got up got ready for class. In family class we went to the back with other high color belts and got poomsaes and self defense done. Helped with the Little Tigers class. Then we went to BBC Weekend class and did Red and High Red poomsaes and self defense. After class we went to Smoothie King. We came home and had lunch. I spent time working on pull ups. Later we ran. Then I went to my Grandma's house to play some games and relax. Came home and had dinner, and now I am writing this. Going to finish exercises and go to bed.

I went to Tae Kwon do this morning. I then took sparring and black belt class. After that I did a mentee session with my mentee, Srilekha. I came back at around 1:30 from Tae Kwon do. I am still sore and tired from sparring class. But, I decided to get my requiremts out of the way because I knew I wouldn’t have time to do them in the evening. Since I am going to church and then after church is done  I will go over to a friends house to have dinner. Then by the time we come back it will be like 12:00am so I decided to get my journal and my requirements out of the way just incase I reach home to late. Hope everyone is having a great day so far!

Today I stared my first day on the cycle. I went to Black Belt class and did a lot of requirements there. Today was an o.k day. 

Yesterday was an overall good day for me as I had brought home only one sheet of homework to do over the weekend and I also had no tests. Even though school was relaxing, when I came home I only had only less than 30 mins to finish my requirements so I could finish and take my worries off that piece of homework. Today is Saturday and I am looking forward to all my classes throughout the day !!!!

Today, work was mostly about talking with my team on the events over the last few days and continuing to keep them motivated and moving on things. Not a bad day, just long with phone calls and questions. Plus I am still swimming emails... I usually do not do much work over the weekends, but this might be the exception to get caught up. Nate and I went to Black Belt class and it was good. I found myself getting a few poomsaes confused when we were practicing even though we continue to do them at home. I honestly feel comfortable that repetition is getting sunk into my brain, but still making a few minor errors. Got a week to get those bugs out. It was a good class and continue to practice Bo Cho items as well. Came home from class to Olive Garden. My wife had gone an picked up take-out. Then...

It has been a good week but I am happy it is Friday. At least I have a long weekend to look forward to. Hopefully I can get to relax some and maybe get some small projects done around the house.

Good evening! Today I had my Unit Test in Math and I think I did pretty well. That's all. Ciao! -Hannah 

Toda was pretty normal, except we had NO WIFI! I know I barely survived its fine I am fine. Sooooo other than that today was fine.

Just came back from a band concert. I don't actually play in band, I play in the marching band. We were doing a performance at the concert. Anyways, today was an average Friday. Had homework to complete when I got home, and hopefully I am going to try to go to sleep early, due to Sparring class tomorrow. 

Did not have school today. Had a normal morning. Later did some exercises. I started prototyping a bunch of custom Nerf darts. Some failed but some succeeded. To be a good dart, it has to go at least across the room, and have to hit a two foot by two foot square target. Some of the ones that succeeded were the longer double sized darts. We are dog sitting Thea (another German Sheppard) until Monday since her owners are away. Thea was our foster dog and my old teacher (Mrs. Primm) took her. Paddy (our German Sheppard) and Thea really get along. We went to Black Belt class and came home. We ate dinner and now I am writing this. We need to finish some exercises and then off to bed.

3 day weekend here I come! Today at school since we had no wifi we could't do anything so we played board games or did paper assignments we needed to finish. When I got home I had one assignment I had to finish but it didn't take that long. After that I did my requirements for the day. Then I went to music class. Thats all we did today. Did you have a good day? 

Back home from business trip.  Barely got exercise in during the week.  Went to the gym this morning.  Sinus infection coming back.  Worried about preparation and whether I'll be ready.  Will see what this weekend brings.

Today we ran in the rain. After school my mother told me to go run. It was raining outside and I didn't want to go run. When I went outside I went to the spot where I go to run and I started running. After a few rounds around the block I was joined by my father. After one round he did his trail. When I went home after running, my mother took a picture to show me how went I was. 

I feel so much better.I have so much more energy.I can do all my requirements now. 

Yesterday was a very fast, upbeat and tiring day for me due to the fact that I no extra time throughout the day to finish all the homework I got from school but when I did get free time, I utilized it by doing my requirements and more. I did this because I did not want to fall behind on my requirements and also to keep up my pace throughout the cycle. Anyways, I helped the 6:45 family class yesterday and I took Black Belt class. In BB class, we mostly did solid belt self defense all the way up to red belt and then we went into some of the high belts such as; High Yellow, High Green, High Blue & High Red belt self defense. It took a long time to get through but all the details Master Cavasos put out their for us helped everyone a lot. After...

It has been an interesting few days. They made some announcements at my work which affect my division and I was told that the person I report to right now will no longer be in charge. They also announced that they are building out the division to include more functions, which is perfect and overdue. However, they have not announced who might replace him or what specific functions will be brought together. Now, there is a ton a speculation going on who and what, but no more communication. Of course, I have a team of people and I need to keep them motivated. I have literally spent the last few days running around talking to everyone to gather any facts or information. I have some intelligence, but nothing concrete. Bottom-line... this is a case of wait and see. It might even be an opportunity for me, who knows. We still have work...

I had a good training session tonight at black belt class.  The sequence of how Master Cavazos took us through our color belts self defense was nice.

this homework took me like all night. I had to write and sone, make a book,and make a poster all in one day. CRAZY well I hope you had a better day than I did. thanks bye

It was a very lucky day for me today. I got homework in all my classes, took me forever to complete. I am super tired. I went to TKD pretty early, and got my requirements done their. We worked on our self- defense, and that was pretty much it. Now I have to study for a quiz tomorrow in one of my classes, goal is to sleep by 10:30 after studying. 

I had two test today which I was really stressed out about. I was so relived when I got it out of the way. I didn't have to worry about what I got because it told me my grade after I did it. I got an A on both of them which I am really proud of. I had some homework I had to do, it took some time so right after I was done I did my requirements for the day so I don't get behind on it. I then went to Tae Kwon Do and took black belt class and after that I had a mentor session with my mentor and we went over short stick form #1. Hope everyone had a great day!

I started my day of with getting ready for school then the bus ride was boring because my friend was sick. I had a half day and in math I got a 102/103. I came home did some stuff. Then I did a little video. Then I exercise some more then played. Later dad came home and we did some stuff. Then I went to lots of classes.   

Good evening! Today I got my grade for my Science notebook, which was a 96. Tomorrow, I have my Math Unit Final and I think I'll do alright. Well, that's all. Ciao! - Hannah

Wednesdays & Saturdays will be my strongest days this cycle. I was able to attend/lead multiple classes, do a Mentor Session and a Mentee Session, run and had time for other requirements. I believe I am getting into the rhythm of this cycle. Have a great day everyone! PJL CEC 

I am tired of my reading homework, I am only in 4th grade and i am doing 11th grade reading.Only one more day and I can go back to school.But at least I can meditate

Yesterday was an overall normal day at school and at home. In school, we went back to our normal schedule that we usually do. I got just a little free time at school which I utilized by doing my push-ups and sit-ups. Some of my other friends in my class also joined  along. It was a fun experience get your friends to do requirements with you even though they aren't on the cycle. After school, I went to tae-kwon- do and got in a mentor-mentee session in. Once I finished practicing with my mentee, I went home and came around 7:30. This gave me only 15 minutes to finish all my requirements due to the fact that I still had homework. Unfortunately, I couldn't finish all my requirements so my plan is to do extra requirements today of what I didn't do so I can "make-up" my requirements. Looking over of...

Today I ran a longer distance than usual. I ran 2 miles. Yay!!! The reason I am happy is because my father wanted me to run 1.5 miles but instead I ran 2. I ran one mile at school and one mile around the block. 

Today, I didn't have anything to do after- school, but I had tons of homework to complete. I guess it was a pretty good day to have no other club meets, or anything similar to that. Anyways, I woke up early today to do my push- ups and sit-ups. I really thought I was going to be able to do a lot of requirements today, because I thought I was only going to have a few homework assignments- but that was not the case, unfortunately. 

{I've started to realize these posts say that I've been writing them the day after the title, which is the day i actually wrote it. It might be because I'm writing this at around 9 o-clock at night |D} Good Evening! Today, my group and I performed our debate in health class and we won by a landslide! So, that was fun. Other than that, nothing was that interesting, except for it being really warm out today. Okay, that's all. {I hope the opening made sense.} Ciao! - Hannah 

     In American History, everyone is doing horrible. So when the teacher gave us a quiz on the American Revolutionary I was already excepting the not so good grade. But when I got it back, I got the whole thing right. You have no idea how shocked I was. I almost gave it back and told her that it wasn't my test. Then in P.E. the teacher made up this horrible stressful game called Castle Ball. It involved making little hut like structure made out of hulla hoops. Out of everyone in my class, I was the only one who knew how to make them. But then I tripped and knocked over my teams hulla hoops and the other team got the points. That wasn't my best moment. But other than that today was a good day.

today I got my new king tiger hood. it was so good. it is so conformal and warm. I love it wore it all day even thought it was really hot and sunny. 

I love the Kingtiger sweatshirt. I went to school with my sweatshirt and it was so comfortable, I’m so glad I wore it. Anyways, it was a normal day once again at school. I didn’t have any homework to do when I came home so I did a lot of my requirements before I went to church class. When I came back from church class I had to study for the two tests that I have tomorrow which I am gonna go back to, when I am done writing this journal. Other than that I had a great day! Hope you had a nice day!

I am sick. I have the flu. I am very sad that I cannot do my requirement  today.  I’ve been out of school for a few days.  I don’t want to get behind on requirements.   I do not like having this feeling. Make sure everybody out there washes their hands so you do not get the flu like me. 

Yesterday for me was a very upbeat day except for the morning because of the three-hour delay issued. I finished almost all my requirements in the morning as I even got time to have some more sleep afterwards. In school, all my classes were all almost 30 minutes except for encore (specials) but in each class, my teachers gave me a test that was really long. This wore me out throughout the day and even during Black Belt classes where we did all Black Belt poomsaes throughout the class such as; Koryo, Gumgong, Taebeak & Sipchin. Afterward, I got a mentor session in and by the time I came back, it was 9:15 and I was ready to sleep. Today is Wednesday and a full day for me at school. I am looking forward to a great day at school today!!

Jet lag is still here.  Up at 2:30 am this morning.  However, I got a decent run and workout in at the Hotel gym.  No place to do form work though.  Thinking of applying for a promotion that would require additional travel.  Not sure how well that would work for training.  I guess we just keep on working.

There was a lot of ice on the roads today, where I live. I almost slipped on the ice when walking to school. Anyways, the weather finally started heating up. It is not cold anymore, but I kind of wanted to see snow fall before winter is over. I came home at 5 today after school and went to Black Belt class. I had my mentor session till 8:45, and came back home. That was pretty much my day. No aliens today, sadly. Hopefully everyone had a great day! 

Finally, it wasn't a cold day. At school this morning I saw 2 people I know with a King Tiger sweatshirt on that they got on Monday so I assumed that I would get mine today so I was pretty stoked to go to Tae Kwon Do to get my sweatshirt. I had no test or quizzes today. We didn't do much today at school, it was a pretty normal day. When I came back I had no homework because I finished my weeks homework yesterday. But, I did still have to study for my upcoming test and quizzes I have. That didn't take too long though. I then finished my requirements for the day before I went to Tae Kwon Do. I went to family and black belt class and then I had a mentor session with my mentor and learned Bo Cho specials 1. I was pretty tired when...

Today it has been a long day. First I had to go to school. Then I had to go home and do my requirements. After that I ate dinner and went to class. While I was at class my brother was playing video games. When I came home and saw my brother doing a boss fight and I decided to finish it. After that there was these really long cut scenes and my father started getting a little upset about it. After that we went to sleep. 

it is finally warm out. yay i have been waiting for a long time for this moment 

Good evening! There's nothing much to say but I finished reading another book. That's really all there was that was extremely interesting. No, wait. I was warm out for once! But you probably already knew that. Anyway, that's all. Ciao! - Hannah Dubiel

     In agriculture today we were working on our SAE projects. I'm surprised how much work that we got done. The girl sitting next to me is making a "Butterfly Highway" so that butterflies can have a place to rest. I think thats going to look really pretty because not only is it going to be a lot of flowers, she's going to make a rainbow out of them. I kind of wish that I thought of that. Thats a lot easier than what I'm going to do.

I am having a good start to the week. I had a good Monday and Tuesday is starting well. I have my mentors (Masters Conrad & Chelley Hartle and Master Chris Knight). I have my mentee Jennifer Gould with whom I had my first session. We are working on her Poomsae Sa Chang this week.  

Today, I woke up at 5:30 in the morning to find out that I have a three hour delay. Now I am trying to tweak my normal schedule so I can have a good amount of time to finish off my requirements for the day in the morning. Anyway... yesterday was a great day for me as I got in a lot of credits throughout the day. I helped out the 5:25 class and led warm-ups during the class. Then, I took Hyper where we did a lot of kicks, which were mostly hook and jump-turning hook kicks. This was a bit challenge since you had to first bring your knee over a kneeling person, but the kick was overall easy. I also got in a mentor-mentee session after hyper. Today, I am looking forward to a great day with many credits like yesterday. 

Overall, not a terrible Monday. Normal morning... and I actually got a few items on my work to-do list done, which does not always happen when start with reading email... so I decided to start on some tasks and do email later. Much more productive. I truly believe that people email to just email something... I would say on average only about 10% of emails I receive matter. I could probably say the same for the emails I send as well. It is a little crazy. Will people just pick up the phone and call me. It will truly save time and energy. I really did not make any specific New Years Resolution, but I think I might try and not send as many emails and communicate in other ways (phone or in-person). Anyway... kids got out of school early (Lincoln Charter) for the potential weather which was just rain. It is...

Good evening! I didn't do much today, besides getting confused over my math homework. I tried to do some of my work-out after each problem, but I had to stop because of dinner and I didn't want to upset my stomach. I have guitar tomorrow, which is usually enjoyable. Well, that's all I've got. Ciao! - Hannah

Today is the first full week of 2018! This is exciting because new year new you right? Make sure to follow through on your resolutions. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

today I had to do this really big project and ti took me all night to complete. I hope I will get a good grade on it. how was your day???  

The best day ever, started with getting up and getting ready for school. Then I did some pushups and sit-ups. Then I had this bus ride witch was amazing, the best I have ever been on, and  so on and so forth. When I got to school my friend waited for me for once. Then we walked and talked about each others bus rides. One we got to class we hade to wait for three minutes because are homeroom teacher was not there yet. So we got a early start to are morning work. Later we switched to Language Arts class. It was same old same old except we read Treasure Inland with a partner and I was pared up with Sam one of my best friends. Soon after that we switched again to math. This is where the day really shined through. We started with passing out papers and two of the papers said partners on the top. The first paper...

     I was really disappointed when my American History teacher wasn't at school today. Mainly because the cat isn't there when she's not. But it was a good class. In art we got the choice to do wood working or knit. I chose to learn how to knit because I don't trust myself with the tools. In health we were reviewing the chest compressions for CPR. My health/PE teacher put on the "Staying Alive" song on because he said something like the beats of the music is when you do each compression. I couldn't take it seriously with the song at all. I also had to explain to the people at lunch that penguins actually do live in Australia, and that the Europeans used to send the English convicts to Australia. Sometimes I even surprise myself with the useless facts that I randomly remember.

In English I am watching this movie, "Big Fish," to learn the aspects of Magical Realism for a book we are going to be reading later on in the year. To me, this is the weirdest movie I probably have watched- no joke. Even though this movie is  very weird, there are some great quotes in the movie giving off a bigger message. Anyways, if you back track a few hours, I woke up early to do part of my requirements. Then I went to school and had a regular old Monday. I had a meeting at the end of school I had to attend, then I came home and did homework. I then did requirements. Speaking of requirements, the weather is heating back up so I can go outside and do running. Nothing crazy happened today, expect for the fact that I am writing this blog pretty early for me- but that is it. Hopefully...

I felt like the weekend went by so fast anyways, today was a tiring and stressful day. I had to wake up at 6 in the morning which was very hard for me since I slept in on Saturday and Sunday. I felt like it was a smart idea to get some of my requirements done in the morning  but I was to tired and didn’t budge so I decided I would do it when I came back from school. Today I had one test and a quiz which I was very stressed about and to know that I have 1 more test and 2 more quizzes I was just about done with school. Though, I ended up getting a good grade on my test&quiz that I had today. When I came back from school I had a bunch of homework for the week so I decided it would be smart...

So back to work after the weekend. I can't say I was excited when the alarm clock woke me up this morning but I couldn't ignore it either. Turned out to be a pretty good day at work and then I can finish it off with some Tae Kwon Do tonight. Let's hope Tuesday will be even better.

Yesterday for me was a slow, relaxing day due to the fact that I finished all my requirements throughout the morning. I tried not to put a lot of stress on me because it was Sunday but the idea of having school tomorrow is not helping. My second quarter in school is ending which means that I will receive all my grades back. I am very nervous and eager to see my grades for this quarter! 

Today started off very slow and a little later than normal. I actually slept in which is pretty rare in our house. It was good and bad. Good sleep, but that meant less time to get everything done. We got up and went to church. Good sermon - it was about giving ourselves to God. I truly believe we need to give back to our society and community. In our house, we try to give back as much as we can. My wife does it everyday as a nurse. It is something we instill into our children as well. There are so many without in our own country and even in our own community, that we have to help. It is great to see our children ask how we can help. After church, then Nate and I got right into exercises and our daily run. Good day. We really spent time...

When I woke up it was 7am. I only had 5 hours of sleep!! I woke up at the same time as Elijah (my friend). I got dressed and ready for the day. After that we went to play video games. Then we ate Dunkin Donuts and egg for breakfast. Then we played more video games until I had to get ready to go. Once I had to go we went home because our grandfather was there. We are lunch and then got ready to go to the movies to see the new Star Wars movie again. Then we went out to get chicken wings. After that we went home, had dessert, and went to bed.

I had to wake up at 10 this morning to go to church but since I slept at like 11 yesterday I was so tired so slept in a extra 30 minutes. I then went to church and came back at 1. When I came back I had a lot of free time so I decided to get some of my requirements done for the day. After I did some of my requirements, I studied for a test that I have tomorrow-unfortunately. Then we went down to a restaurant with my cousins to celebrate my parents anniversary. When we came back I had to write my journal-which I am doing write now, but then after this I have to go to sleep since I have school tomorrow.