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!

1/26/2025 3/50

Today I woke up at 12 for my dad's birthday. we cut the cake & all had a piece. I went back to sleep & woke up at 8 am. I most memorable part of the day was going on a 3.5 mile run for the cycle which was fun. I then went home where I ate lunch. My parents then went to Costco to get my dad's birthday present (an iPad) for work. We also spent the day having fun & talking before we all went to sleep.

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Requirements

I made a list of all the requirements that I could think of today.  Then I marked each one with 4 possible values:  Blank, Know, Comfortable, Confident.  Blank means I don't know it and need to learn it. Know means I know it but I'm not good at it (have to go slow, think about the next move, etc) Comfortable means that I know it but I still might turn the wrong way, or use the wrong hand/foot/stance/etc, and have to correct myself. Confident means I am confident I can do it mistake free.  While we all still make mistakes, this is about how I feel in my knowledge.  I went through everything today as I practiced and made my marks.  This has given me a very good base on understanding not just what I need to work on, but how much I might need to work on a particular thing.

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1/17/2025 2/50

I woke up & got ready for school by getting my stuff & doing the dishes. I went to school & took my French III final. I stayed in that class the entire day & then went home. I relaxed & prepared for the weekend by getting all my clothes for laundry & doing the dishes.

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SKILLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday I went to a concert called winter jam with Ann Wilson new song Colton Dixon kb and SKILLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was so much fun I got to go with my friend and when we got there, we met a bunch of kids from my school and sat next to them.   when skillet came up everyone went wild, and the lead singer pointed at me and my friends. At the end I got a skillet shirt and one of my friends got a signed skillet photo it was so cool! It was so loud I still can barely hear anything!!! 

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1/50 1/27/2025

Today we had school off due to snow days & midterm makeups.  I woke up at 8 am & brushed my teeth before going downstairs & making breakfast of toast. I then wrote down my expected work time is week 3 of my journal. I headed to help with class at 5:50 & I helped with class. I then did my class at 6:40. I went home & prepared for school tomorrow. I then had dinner & went to bed.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAh

So basically the screaming is because I am tired, forgot to journal over the weekend, and I still cannot put my requirements online. No biggie right?   GOODBYE AND WHY IT'S NOT SO DIFFICULT!   So, basically, during my free periods I either do homework or go to mmy chorus teacher's room and just hang. Today, myself and some others who are just some teeny-weeny-minor theatre nerds wanted some practice as we do have rehearsal tomorrow for the school play we are doing, '8 Minutes Left', where I play a character named Patterson. But that is not for today, today is for my acting while SINGING. Now, I don't usually struggle with this, but with fast and upbeat songs, I tend to just sing the words and not the emotion. 'Goodbye' from one of my dream shows, Catch Me If You Can, stars one of the biggets tenor inspirations in the...

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Sleep Schedule

This week is going to be the first full week of classes this semester.  I have created a schedule of morning classes so that if I am trying to catch up on anything, I can do so in the afternoon, sleep included.  I think I mentioned this in a previous journal.  Anyway, I now have a time to catch up on sleep if I don't get much through the day, which happens pretty frequently between homework and sleep issues.  I would have time to take a nap for a while and then get up to do whatever it is that I still need to do.  I'm not much of a morning person but it's worth the extra torture.

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Journal #14--1/26/25

I realized this morning that I forgot to do a Journal yesterday.  Yesterday my morning was busy, first was Black Belt class then straight from there we had to hurry up to church bc we had to do the door hangers for scouting for food with my cub scout pack.  We didn't have a lot of door hangers so it went pretty fast.  After we finished that we went to Bojangles for some breakfast and then mom and I headed to Brien's.  We walked a mile while we waited on Brien to get off work.  I found a soda can and mom and I kicked it pretty much the whole mile.  Mom actually stepped on Mr. Can and crushed him! : (    

Now for today, This morning I woke up I played some video games.  Then we got ready to leave Brien's and head to church.  After church we had to wait on Anthony to get back from his camping trip with his Scout troop.  Then we went home and had lunch.  I did some black belt stuff and played some more video games and watched some YouTube.  Then we went to Bad Daddy's for dinner for Anthony's birthday.  When we got home we had Reese's ice cream cake and Anthony opened his presents.  He finally got a phone! We watched the end of the Bill's game and they ended up loosing...ugh!!! 

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journal

we were watching the NFC championship game and my other 3 family members were rooting for the chiefs while I was rooting for the bills.i got my book stuff done today.

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1/26/2025-football day lets go chiefs

Today my favorite football team is playing to go to the super bowl. So, I am doing my black belt stuff and watching the game.  

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I forgot about yesterday

Now yesterday I was going to journal but completely forgot, so i'll start with yesterday. So I wake up on a beautiful saturday like all saturdays and today is my race day. I awakened at 7:30 and drank some water and went to Charlotte right next to Grandmaster Evin's school to a small event that consist of a 1 mile, 5k, 10k, 15k, and a half-marathon. So i'd be running the half-marathon and I went and looked at the trial real quick and went back to the start and, and bamm! The crowd of like 100-ish people zoomed off and we started downhill, like a really steep downhilll, so I was going at a 8:30 minute per mile pace which was WAYYY to fast, I was needing to go way slower like a 12 min per mile pace, but oh well, I slowed down to a high 9 min per mile...

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#bread2 01/26/25

Today was great. I did my requirements and ran not one.. but two miles! I really don't want to go to school tomorrow but life isn't fair. I woke up really late, it was about 11 A.M. when I checked the time after I could barely opened my eyes. I made some bread today that wasn't great but I'm guessing it was just the recipe. I'm really tired and my knee is killing me. I got to hang out a lot with my dogs today and play a little bit. I also went on my runs at 7 P.M. at night which probably wasn't a smart move on my part cause it was cold and really dark. That was all I did really today. Now, I'm going to go run to my bed and sleep like a rock.

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1/26

I got to sleep in this morning. I haven't been able to sleep late too much lately and for some reason my whole body is sore, so it felt good. All day I pretty much just relaxed, watched TV and drew in my notebook. Then we went and ran our daily mile. I ran 1.5 miles today and I'm proud of myself because usually I'm not a big runner. Now we're watching the football game after eating some delicious nachos. 

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1/26

Yesterday we had a camp out in our living room and watched titanic, which was really fun. So, this morning we watched so TV and made waffles. We took a long walk and then did our requirements. For the rest of the day, I worked on some essays and just relaxed. We had nachos and we are now watching the football game. ♥

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01/26/25

I enjoyed the sun and warmer temperatures. Got some nice outdoor time completing some requirements. Got to spend some time with a friend from school this afternoon too.  Got a math test in the morning and looking forward to a full week of school.  

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1/26 - First post

I'm behind on my journaling and data entry.  Spent about 2 hours working with another candidate today on poomsae and self defense.  It was a very successful session.

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My new thing

Today I started doing my new hobby/thing for black belt cycle. My new hobby is crocheting and it is SO HARD!( At least to me it is) So I decided to take a break and watch harry potter 6 ( the movie.) After that i got back to work. Then... I got so so far and thought I was doing great but my mom said we weren't doing it right and we had to start completely over after hours of work. IT IS REALLY DIFFICULT, TIME CONSUMING AND DEPRESSING !!! So I'm taking a break and doing my Journaling. I did not go out at all today not even stood outside... not yet at least. Hope I get better soon so I can still go to junior instructors camp!🥋🥋🥋🥋🤞🤞🤞🤞😔

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Journal - Day 8

Good afternoon, everyone! Yesterday was quite a bit. I woke up earlier than normal to get in a hot shower before black belt class and work because I had a birthday party to go to afterward. The birthday party was pretty nice, since we got a chance to go ice skating in Birkdale. I haven't gone ice skating since I was 3, so it was definitely really scary for me. At first, I was holding on for dear life to the rails, but toward the end, I was able to skate around without any help or even holding on. Afterwards, we went to eat dinner, and then I went home and got some rest. Today, I have a lot of work to finish, and I need to make up my requirements from yesterday. I'm not too keen on watching football for the day since my team has been out for a...

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1/24 Dreiman, Dominic #10

I was not ready to get outta bed but sometimes u gotta do it anyway I get up get changed go to school at school I won gaga ball and for lunch they had chicken sandwiches then I did more classes then finally came home then went to taekwondo ate dinner and went to bed

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1/23 Dreiman, Dominic #9

Today was a back to school day, so I get up get ready and blast to school my first class is PE I'm doing pickleball 🥒  then I go to my next class math then recess lunch then Spanish then English then visual arts then study then finally go home.

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LMP Jan 26

Had a great workout with Master Scott at the dojang this morning. Covered A lot  of things I needed to practice: self defense,  hakido, bocho specials, staff, single stick, bolo, poomsaes. Gonna take a little rest then do my requirements.  Looking forward to this week. 

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1/25

Did not get much work done today due to a meeting. Need to get some math review finished before test 1 comes around the corner next week.

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01/25/25

Morning black belt class was the same as usual. I finished my requirements before taking a shower and heading to a piano recital. After all that I took a short nap and spent my time reading.

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Lazy day. 01/25/25

So basically.............................. I felt like doing nothing today. And that's exactly what I did. Nothing. It's a Saturday after a horrific week (Cut me some slack) All I did really was play my game all day.. I mean all day. Which now that I think about it I could be doing better things but again like I said, it's Saturday. I did black belt class this morning and was really tired all day so I didn't do much. My mom made her own sourdough starter! (congratulations mom) I'm making a chocolate chip Irish bread tomorrow for all my friends at Lake Norman! (Be ready 😈) Other than that my family watched Karate Kid, my sister curled my hair in loose curls (It looks so bad)  and I got the best character in my game, it took a lot of money making on that game. (In game I had to make 20k and...

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Professional Flopper

Today I had the first zoom-in black belt class in about 5 years!  It was 7:15 Central, so I had to wake up an hour earlier than usual to show up for it.  After that, I practiced some falls and rolls just right there on the floor.  The floor isn't all that soft so I would not recommend doing this all the time but I wanted to make sure my falls and rolls were up to speed fully. I went ice skating later on, the first time I have done so since I was 8 years old.  Teaching myself how to do that again was fun.  I didn't fall there except for one time when my friend jokingly pushed me over.  The ice is less fun to fall on.  Anyway, my friends are texting me to get over to where they are so I have to go.  See you all soon!

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1/25/2025 up and moving day

Today I got up and went to A Saturday black belt class. And then I went to my football game, and I played 2 games and won both of them. Afterwards, I came home and worked on my requirements.    

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1/25

Today I had to wake up early and go to Saturday BBC, which was fun, and I also got a mentor meeting. Then we did our requirements and our mile. For the rest of the day, I just relaxed and played some card games. We just at diner and now we are going to have a movie night. ♥

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1/25

This morning, I had to get up early for my first Saturday BBC. After, I got my second mentor session in. It feels good to get the signatures into my book, it's filling up. We're officially at week three! When I got home, I just relaxed and watched TV. Then we ate dinner, and I watched Titanic for the first time! I loved it!

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LMP Jan 25

Went to blackbelt class this morning.  Still a lot for me to learn / remember.  I honestly don't know if I'll be ready. I'm trying my best to practice. But it's hard by myself. I also need to practice with someone that will do the rolls or falls.....  

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Sick

Yesterday I was not able to do Friday black belt class so I came home to rest because I felt sick. My dad took my temperature and it was 102.5 🥵🔥So I also couldn't go to Saturday black belt class, which made me a bit nervous to miss two black belt classes especially in a row. So today I'm trying to relax so i will get better faster and hopefully be able to catch up on requirements and my miles. HOPEFULLY I WILL GET BETTER SOON!!🤞🤞🍀🍀

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Jan 25th

This morning I had my first saturday morning class I had so much fun. After class I went home and had breakfast then got some black belt workouts in.

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LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN

So guess my song of the day...........   IT'S STILL BLOODLINE!   But hey 'Locked Out Of Heaven' is up there. I did just see a message from a certain someone who wanted ME to be their MENTEE (c'mon that's some bars). I should probably respond :D.......................Maybe when I feel like being social, ya know? Anyways this bout to be a short journal because really, I gotta rant. No hate, but.........   THIS WEBSITE IS SO ANNOYING!   Tell me why I am unable to log in my requirements? There isn't even a button at the top of the requirement weeks to log anything. I feel behind, and I am panicking, but the my blessed boss herself, Master Chelley, said she will get everything fixed for me. #BestBoss :D. This website has been kinda buggy this cycle, but I do have some faith that things will get better............   wow I...

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Locked In

Today didn't really feel like a Friday.  Maybe it was because I just got back on Wednesday.  I had my first taste of back-to-back morning classes.  I'm not much of a morning person.  Getting up to work out in the morning is one thing, but using a bunch of brain power that early is a different challenge.  However, my schedule is formatted as such that I can nap in the afternoon if I need to, and even after that I would still have time to do everything I need to do, schoolwork and black belt cycle requirements.  Well, that's all I really did today.  That's the other thing.  I normally don't do schoolwork on Friday nights, but here I am.  So this doesn't really feel like a Friday, but I guess I'm just locked in.  I will see you all over zoom eventually.

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01/24/25

It was a struggle to get out of bed this morning, all I wanted to do was lay back down and sleep through the day. School was slightly less draining today, I kinda zoned out the entire time though. When I got home I did the usual requirements and did my homework.

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Journal #13--1/24/25

Today we didn't have school!!  I got to relax at home for a while then we headed into King Tiger because mom had to work.  When we got there everyone was already playing big mat games.  We played games for a while then we had lunch.  After lunch I did some black belt cycle requirements and I ran a mile.  Then it was time for Black Belt class.  After class we had to hurry home because mom had to get Anthony to church for Boyscouts.  She brought home pizza after she dropped Anthony off and then I took a shower and played some video games.  Now I am off to bed. 

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Sad day. 01/24/25

Today a bunch of stuff happened. I went to class obviously and did all my requirements but it's what happened after class that I'm not joyful about. I won't go into it much but a bunch of things aren't going in a downwards direction with me and some of my close friends. I had one text me after class and they said "I hate you." I'm not really happy at the moment and I cried a bunch. Hopefully tomorrow I'm happy for black belt class. I did see a #bread journal when I first opened the website and that made me laugh a little but other than that I'm going to be sucked into my phone and probably cry a little more. Goodnight everyone. (also WEEK 3!!)

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# Bread

we had pajama day at school and was overall a fun day.I entered a contest for candy and I hope win.I also got all my book stuff done so yeah. # Bread

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Journal - Day 7

Good evening, everyone! I am super tired today but finally got over my procrastination to write my journal for the day. Today was a long day. Since this week has been really messed up, I ended up having 2 tests on unots that we somehow already finished within the 2 weeks we've been back from school. After school, I came home, went on a run, finished my requirements, then headed to class. I finally got a good start on my creative form, and I'm pretty happy with how it's coming along so far. Since I forgot to write my journal yesterday, here's to #bread. Have a wonderful rest of your day!

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January 24, 2025 - Sick

Today I am sick, and I really did not do that much but rest. I went to adidas and it was hard getting through the shoot sick.  I'm glad its Friday to be home to chill.

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January 23, 2025 - Belk

Today I went to Belk and modeled for them.  I got to school late and had like no more day left at school. So, then I got home and did my black belt stuff.          

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Jan 24th

Today was a teacher work day so my mom went to work and I had a playdate with a friend. It was fun and we made slime. Then I went to another friends house and met her dog that they got for Christmas. It is a German sheperd like we use to have. She is a really sweet dog. Then we are tacos for dinner. It was a fun day!

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January 22, 2025 - No School!

Today I have no school because of snow.  I had modeling for adidas and that is about it.  I came home and I did my black belt stuff. 

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rest day

Since I haven no school today I sleeped in til 9:00 and I bascilly just watch squid game all day and then went to black belt class which and I had a mentor sesion and now am resting for tommorow! So kinda boring day but oh well, good night!

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LMP Jan 24

Today was a teacher work day- not due to the weather,  but because it's the end of 2nd quarter already!?! I feel like yesterday was the first day of school for this year. I had all intentions of going to Harrisburg for sparring....nope. I'm exhausted.  This week with the snow taking a day really messed up my schedule.  I'll be in bed by 7pm and probably asleep by 730. I'll do my charts tomorrow.   Plan for tomorrow:  Blackbelt class, JTs, requirements, nap. Yes, in that order (I'll throw a shower in there too) 

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King tiger day

Today I spent the whole day at king tiger. I woke up at 630 did 0.30 of a mile cause I was NOT FEELING GOOD. Then a had a small breakfast before going to king tiger. At king tiger I did my daily requirements. Finally at the end of the day I helped out in two little Tigers classes, before heading home to relax.😌☺️

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1/24

This morning, I got to wake up without an alarm because it's a teacher workday. Because we have today off, I decided to do one of my digital detox days. It's been a little hard, but I can keep myself busy. This morning me and my sister made muffins for breakfast; they were delicious! Then I helped my mom with organizing. We just got back from running a grocery errand and I finished doing my requirements. I am so happy that we are almost at week three! We are about to go down to the Greenway to do our daily mile, even though it's cold. Then we will go to BBC. Then I will just relax before bed. :) 

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Teacher work day

Today is a teacher work day and I'm currently at king tiger for the day then I will take black belt class and do my mentoring for Zander. Then I'll go out to eat with my dad. Go home and run my mile.

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Schedule Fixed (Maybe)

Greetings, Pokefans! Today I got my school schedule fixed!  It was also the first day of school, and I had all of one class to get to.  After that, I went on a long journey through the frozen wasteland while I was taking stage 2 cold damage to Target to buy me some sweet tea.  It's a lifesaver here where you don't find very much of it.  Got me through all three of my black belt tests in the past. I had another day training at Shoreview.  The grandmaster there did not get the email I sent him, as of now I am not exactly sure why.  I discussed being on the black belt cycle at King Tiger with him.  Also, it turns out my black belt cycle will be a bit longer than expected.  Well, sort of.  He said he was fine with helping me but requested that I test...

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01/23/25

I enjoyed sleeping a few extra hours with the two hour delay today. After I got home from school, I worked on my requirements and took a short nap. Unfortunately, theres a full day of school in store tomorrow.

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TEA AND BREAD

Hello everyone, and welcome to another boring day where the only way I can get any sense of enjoyment of writing and reading this journal is to force myself near asleep so that my thoughts pour onto the screen like Hurricane Katrina. Also #BREAD!   SO SILLY ME :C   My APUSH (AP U.S. History) exam today ended with an open-ended question that asked to "name a muckraker." Now, at the time, I completely forgot what a Muckraker was, so I typed my teachers name as the answer. LISTEN, JUST HEAR ME OUT! It was funny and I may get pity points by comparing him to the likes of Upton Sinclair, so actually I was complimenting/bribing him for the point on that question :D.   WOW I GOT NOTHING TO SAY   So as I once again listen to 'Bloodline' by Ariana Grande for probably another few hours as I fall...

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Journal #12--1/23/25 #Bread

We had a 2 hour delay today!!! So when I woke up I watched a little TV.  Mom made cinnamon rolls for breakfast, they were soo good!!  After that I got ready for school.  Mom and I walked to school.  When I got to class we had a test, after we did the test we had lunch.  At recess we played soccer and got crashed.  Rode the bus from school to KT for after school, where I did my requirements and played some games.  I also ran a mile.  I got a class assistance credit today before sparring then did sparring.  Got home had dinner, took a shower and now I am going to bed.  NO SCHOOL tomorrow!!

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1/23/25

School got delayed for 2 hours, did my cycle, went to class, did sparring.

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The #bread incident... 01/23/25

So recently... a little birdy told me were starting a #bread train. I do not think we should start this as I do NOT want to scroll to 20 journals of just #bread. As of today I didn't do much other than get credits. I really don't know what's up with me but I'm just so tired of talking and I just need a day where I can be myself. I can't do anything now because I have school, class, and requirements to do. I think I have depression but I'm really trying to push that aside so I can have a positive cycle. I'm really tired and I'm just ready for some more sleep.

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bread

So apparently we have to title this bread for today for no explaination. I get to wake up a little late at 7:00 today since my school has a 2 hour delay today which is great. Once I got to school I had to go with a different teacher today to take my math test, the test took like 2 hours and I got a somewhat of a good score. The rest of the day was really easy since the quarter ends. I got on my bus and apparently half of the bus fell off or something (not actualy) so I had to sit with 4 people in a 2 person seat. I imdediatly went sparing and got a mentee sesion and now i'm eating dinner. Have a good night!

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Off Day

Today I went to a coffee shop to do my schoolwork, so I took an off day.  Except for kt sparing and, I was supposed to meet up with my mentee, but he didn't show up.  So, I watched a show, and I am about to go to bed.          

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1/23

Today we had a two-hour delay at school, so we get so sleep in and I watched so TV. then I did my requirements and eat some breakfast. Then we went to school, which was all right, after that we went to the gym and ran our mile. I went to class and sparing which was fun and now I am going to read and then go to bed. ♥

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2 hour delay

Today was my 2 hour delay but it did not feel like it. I woke up at my normal time 6: 30 and did my requirements, then I went to my grandparents house because my dad and mom had to go to work. There I watched some murder mysteries before going to school.I had a sub today cause my teacher got her wisdom teeth removed. After school I went to king tiger then from there my dad picked me up to go to dace class. Know I'm home about to relax and watch TV. 

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LMP Jan 23

2 hour delay gave me time to do my requirements.  I'm having a lot of trouble doing burpies this round.  I don't see how burpies can help you get stronger.  I'll be able to get my requirements done early tomorrow too, as it's a teacher work day.  The other issue, the bitter cold is making it challenging to to get my jog/ walk in....but I'm doing my best. 

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Jan #23

Today I got to sleep in because I had a two-hour delay. I had a test today and got an amazing score I am very excited for sparring tonight at taekwondo. Tomorrow Is a teacher workday, so I get to sleep in again.  

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1/23

Today there was a 2-hour delay for school. So, this morning I got to chill and watch TV until it was time to go. It was a pretty normal day at school, I had a few quizzes, but they weren't that bad. Right after school we went straight to the gym to run our daily mile. In a few minutes we will go to Tae Kwon do. Tonight, we are doing sparring.

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1/23/25

We had NO school today!So I just slept in,did my requirements and was doing my school work.

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1/22 Dreiman, Dominic #8

So today was pretty fun school got cancelled because of the snow and also I got to play games with my friends then I went to taekwondo then to basketball then back to taekwondo and finally went home to eat then sleep

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Shoreview

Today was the last day before classes.  My main goal for the day was to fix my class schedule.  Registration was a bit difficult last semester.  Not as difficult as UNCC, but still a bit annoying.  Mostly because they don't let you register between their select window and the add/drop period, which I wasn't prepared for as they don't restrict you from doing so at UNCC.  I also was able to see a lot of people I have not seen in a month. Up here in Minnesota, I train at Lee's Champion Taekwondo in Shoreview.  It's a ways away from Macalester, so it's often difficult to get there, but I usually get rides from people when possible.  For my first class at this dojang, I made the mistake of trying to take the bus there, and the bus doesn't go all the way there, so I had to run for a...

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#BREAD ALSO I AM OBSESSED WITH MUSIC PLEASE DO NOT HELP ME :D

Everyone on their next journal, let us spam #bread to commend how good Instructor Graceyn's bread was (yes I spent $20 on two loafs sue me people). But let me get into my very healthy obsession of the night :D.   DONT WANT YOU IN MY BLOODLINE (I am still listening to it :D)   For those who are so unfortunate, 'Bloodline' is a song by Ariana Grande that came out about eight years ago, and lord I am obsessed. Usually when one finds an obsession, they try and find ways to become sober of their obsession. However, in this scenario, I am perfectly ok with my one-and-a-half-hour-straight listen to this MASTERPIECE of a song. The amount of time I have and probably will continue to pause my writing of this journal to jam to this ABSOLUTE BOP is far too many, and I can barely count to five. *i know...

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01/22/2025 - Sid

Did my cycle, ran 2 miles. There was no school, practiced jump rope. 

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01/22/25

School was canceled today so I was able to sleep in! I spent most of my day reading and then went to the dojang to help with class and take sparring and black belt classes.

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Snow? Bread? Class??? 01/22/25

So it was 19 degrees when I decided to run 3 mile today. I enjoyed looking around the almost frozen area and dying plants. (I NEED THE SUMMER PLEASEEEEE) I made that $20 bread today (Thank you so much Instructor Caleb) but other than that I don't think I should be saying much. The run was very cold and running for 30 minutes isn't the most fun thing to do in the winter but I finished all my homework so why not. Went to class per-usual, got to hang out with my friends, got to attack the new girl for white-yellow belt self defense, and got bullied by some ginger headed loser at class. It feels like cycle has been 10 years already but it's only been 2 and a half weeks... I'm quite tired and I need some sleep. No need to worry though, I have a two hour delay...

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LMP Jan 22

Today...no school due to snow! Requirements in! Walked in the cold! Went to sparring and black belt. Good day. 

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Fake snow day

Today at about 6:15 I woke up and did my requirements for the day. Then around 10:15 I went to king tiger for camp because apparently it was a  snow day ( even though there was no snow) But I was able to get ahead on my requirements for black belt cycle.YAY! Then I at 4 : 30 I went to sparring at Grand Master Evens dojang. Because on Thursday I have dance and can't do sparing at my place/ Huntersville NC it was really fun we had a different teacher this time.👍

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Journal #11--1/22/25 NO SCHOOL!!

Today we had a "snow day" but there wasn't really any snow!  We got to relax and hang at home for a while this morning, I got up and played some video games and then had breakfast.  I did some requirements at home then we headed to King Tiger.  I played some pokemon with Carter and Nixon.  Then Carter, me and Aeraly did some requirements out front while all the  other kids were in the back.  On the way home I ran a mile as my mom drove beside me!! When we got home we had dinner.  I just showered and now I am about to head to bed. YAAY 2 hour delay tomorrow.

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Apparently a snow day

I wake up looking outside and seeing no snow, although school is canceled because of some snow that happended in Alaska probaly. I remember seeing the little ice in the grass blades which that is the reason most likely why it's canceled and not because of Alaska. After the delightful news I just kinda didn't do much, I mean I got ahead on jump roping and plus im ahead on like everything! At like 5:00 I went and worked out which killed my arms and now im eating dinner, hope yall are having a good dinnner!

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1/22

I was so happy we had no school today, because it was a snow day! But then when I look outside there was barley any snow! But at least I got to sleep in and play on my iPad for a little bit. Then we when to the green way to run our mile and when we were done, I had to clean my hamster's cage. Now I am going to work on the work out requirement and some Poomsae's. ♥

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1/22

Classes were cancelled this morning so I spent my time watching a documentary for one of my classes and finished up some Math quizzes. Yesterday was absolutely freezing, hopefully it will get a bit warmer.

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Jan 22nd

Today I had a day off of school because of a dusting last night. I did a mile today and now I am working on the other requirements before class tonight. I am also helping to take care of my neighbors dogs while she is out of town. 

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1/22

I woke up to a pleasant surprise this morning, there's no school today because of the snow! I'm really happy that today's off because we were supposed to do a test today. So, this morning I just chilled and played on my iPad. Then I helped my mom clean out one of our closets. Soon, I'm going to go run our daily mile at the gym and do my requirements. Also, I'm thinking I will start working on another one of my essays, I already have 2 done. Tonight, we're going to go to the 6:00 and 6:45 class and maybe even help out for the first time! 

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Snow day

My mom woke me up this morning and told me there was no school cause it was a snow day! At first I was very excited.I got up and did some of my requirements and running. We went downstairs I looked on the back deck and... 😔😭😢😰I'm so disappointed! There's hardly any snow at all. I couldn't even build a snow ball! WHAT A LET DOWN!!!! The only good news is that I don't have to go to school today with my substitute.

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It's cold in Charlotte...

...but it's way colder here in Saint Paul.  Yesterday I was out launching rockets at the JMA field.  One of them got lost because it got picked up by enough wind to blow it to the nearby forest. Today, I flew on a very delayed flight to Minnesota.  Well, sort of.  I had the wrong ticket.  Oops.  So I was able to go home for a few hours and knock out some requirements before I flew over.  After coming here, I got some training at the Shoreview dojang.  Now, my issue is figuring out my schedule.

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01/21/25

It was too cold today, but it had brought some snow and a school cancellation. I did my requirements when I got home and had some extra time since my piano class was canceled. Then I read a book in the Bible and now going to sleep.

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WHY IS IT COLD AGAIN? STOP IT! LET IT BE WARM OR I SWEAR I WILL........

(the rest of the title has been hidden due to language and possible no-no words about global warming :D)     So of course it is cold. I expected nothing less than a continuation of ruining any sense of outdoor freedom I once had. But anyways, I am back! After a few days of not journaling, I have returned with a bit of a shortie. What? You expected a novel on a frighteningly cold Tuesday? Out if your mind I tell you.   WHERE IS MY COFFEE!?   So, after I teach at either the Elementary or Middle school, myself and other cadets in our schools Teacher Cadet program go and get something to eat. So we decide "yo, let us get some coffee in under twenty degree weather, such splendid ideas". I for one suggested some warm burgers and fries from LITERALLY ANYWHERE, but no, coffee it is. Why is...

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Bread success! 01/21/25

It was a great day today! I got to bring in my bread to class today. It was just a white bread with a butter glaze. Everyone at the school loved it! Instructor Caleb is paying me to making him two more loafs so I'm guessing he liked it. I got more yeast for more bread and I have remote learning starting tomorrow at 9 A.M. I did all my requirements and help out today. I am running late on my running (Get it) and I'm hoping to catch up with that after the snow clears. Other than that tomorrow will be a simple day full of work and more bread. Stay warm everyone!

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Journal - Day 6

Good evening, everyone! It finally snowed! Today was a very long day. I've had so many things I've been trying to juggle between these past 2 weeks. My body isn't the good sore anymore; it's the "I guess I'm used to it now" kind of sore. Today was just not my day. I woke up with a very bad headache, somehow managed to make it through the school day, finished somewhat of my homework when I got back from school, headed to work (which honestly made my day 10 times better), and now I'm simultaneously trying to write my journal and finish my math homework. I've recently been slacking a lot on writing my journals, so I have to make sure that I am keeping up with these. I took some Ibproufen to see if my head feels better, and I will head to sleep soon. Have a wonderful rest of...

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School test

I woke up at 4:00 am to go do some productive stuff with my life, which completely failed. I ended up falling asleep like 5x and was tired the entire morning and almost missed my bus, so yea it wasn't the best start off to my day, but of course it wouldn't get much better! So after waiting for testiing to start, it did and it actualy wasn't hard so I kinda rolled through the first half of it. The second half I got to read really long passages! That cut of an hour and half of my 2 hour time limit so I rushed with 30 minutes left and it ended when I still had like 1/5 of the test to go and it gave me my score (641) which was decent. The rest of the day I had bassicly nothing left to do and after I left school there...

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Journal #10--1/21/25

Today I woke up and mom and I walked to school.  After school I got to KT, I ran the hill at Lake Norman in the snow!!! Then I did some other requirements.  Then we started to head to scouts but it got canceled so we headed home and I had some dinner, took a shower and head to bed.  Hope we have a day off tomorrow, or at least a delay!

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1/21

  Today before school I had jump rope team practice, which was fun. when school was over, we went to the gym to run our mile, when we got home, I worked on some Poomsae's and the workout stuff and then it started to SNOW! So, we started a fire and I played on my iPad for a little bit, we ate dinner, and I am going to bed now. ♥

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January 21, 2025 - Snow Day

Today it snowed, so when I went on a run it was so fun!  But other than that, all I did was black belt stuff.   

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January 20, 2025 - I got chopped

Today I got my hair cut.  And I got a lot of my hair cut off. But besides that, I had chill day.  

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January 21st

Good evening everyone, I got to get out early and go to a dr appointment. Then we got a snack and had hot chocolate and a donut. Then I went to TKD and got a lot checked off today. I had fun and now it is snowing! I hope we don't have school tomorrow but I don't want to make it up.  Happy Snow Day!

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Late run

Today was just a normal day of king tiger because after school dance class got  canceled. I did get a mentee for bb. His name is Xander. And my mentor is Ms. Jen. (But i already had her as my mentor) I did all my requirements this morning. I'm going to go run 0.25 miles now cause this morning I only had enough time to do 0.75.

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1/21

I had to get up earlier than usual this morning because my sister had something to do starting at 7:30... But I took the extra time before school to study for a big Spanish test I had today. I feel pretty good about it. It was a normal day at school but really cold. Straight from school we went to the gym to run our daily mile. On our way home it started to snow lightly!!! I love when it snows. Afterwards I played some iPad and now I am going to do my sit-ups, push-ups, burpees, etc. Then I'll eat dinner and read my book about atomic habits. :)

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1/21 Dreiman, Dominic #7

So today I really just woke up ate sat in my room then I went outside to play basketball, then came back in for lunch sat In my room for a long long while. Then had dinner sat on my phone the. Fell asleep

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1/20 Dreiman, Dominic #6

so today I wake up eat go to my first basketball practice then I get to go to the jump park with my friend theo he also does taekwondo then go home he goes home then I eat dinner then go to bed

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1/17 Dreiman, Dominic #5

so today I wake up sit on my phone eat go play basketball for 3hours then eat sit in my room play cards eat dinner and go to bed

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1/16 Dreiman, Dominic #4

so today I wake up eat go sit in my room for awhile then eat again then go play basketball after I eat dinner then go to taekwondo then get home and go to bed

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1/15 Dreiman, Dominic #3

It's the new year I wake up go eat then talk to about how the new year is going to be then we go on a walk together when we get home my dad offers to make chicken nuggets so of course I say yes then I go play basketball for 3 hours come back in eat dinner which is steak we eat and go to bed

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1/14 Dreiman, Dominic #2

So to day is new Year's Eve I wake up eat breky then go to my room to chill then in a few hours I go to visit my dad at work we eat lunch together then me and my mom drive home in different cars sense my sister wants dessert then I get home  we make a fire in our backyard me and my sister cook shrimp that's our dinner then our family watches a movie me and my sis wait till new years then I go to bed.

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1/13 Dreiman, Dominic #1

Today was  was pretty low activity I mostly was just playing messing around then I went out to play basketball my mom joined in then I texted my friend that's in Madrid Spain he didn't respond then sat in my room for a little bit then went to taekwondo when I got home I made grilled cheese sandwiches and ate then sat In my room till I fell asleep.

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LMP Jan 21

Cold is not the word. Trying to get requirements done in the cold is nuts. Glad the miles are still low. If I end up short mimes. Definitely due to the cold. Can't breathe well in tbe cold and not jeopardizing my health.  Going to try and meet up with my mentee tonight and get dad's phone number. Showing up on Tuesdays seems to be a hit and miss all of a sudden. 

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3 day week

Today I woke up at 6:15 to do my requirements for black belt. It wasn't to bad. Currently I'm getting ready for school. Today I'm riding the bus.(like I do every day)

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01/20/25

Unfortunately, this long weekend is over and I have to go back to school bright and early tomorrow. I didn’t do much today, outside of the daily requirements. I got some homework I put off for the weekend done and I guess I’m ready to go to school tomorrow.

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Journal #9--1/20/25

NO school today!!!! So when I woke up I played some video games, after about an hour and 30 minutes I did my push ups, sit ups and burpees.  After that I did my self defense, poomsae and kicks.  The rest of the day I just relaxed played some more video games--I beat Brien at Mario Kart like 5 times.  We had La Unica for dinner and then we came home and I showered and now bed.

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