hello again testers so tonight I'm going to talk about my age group and how I'm setting an example to others i think me at the age of 13 represents and shows that anyone young or at my age can do this in fact i think that any one or any thing can do karate as long as they set they re heart to it the same goes with other things in life like soccer etc. and others all around me at the test older folks younger ones and teen ones they all inspire me and others too!

stay cool and have a nice chilly night!

sincerely, Clark ahrendt

Blood drive and other stuff

Steven Cason Forged 1st degree Black Belt Candidate May 8, 2012.

Hello all!

Today was a great day at work.   We had some confuser (computer) issues with our month end  processes at work and the GL was out of balance with the sales reports. Anyways after pounding on it for about 6 hours we came up with an answer to what happened and gave the accountants a way to fix the mess.  Life is good now at work.  Of course I still  have to figure out how to get  my regular stuff done. . . .but that is another story.

The point of  this is not every day goes according to plan.  As a matter of fact life would be pretty boring if it did.

Anyway the Blood Drive is coming up fast now.  May 24th is the date.   Currently we have 35% of our goal of 40 donors filled and my thanks to those of you who have committed to donating blood that day it is a worthwhile cause.

However that still leaves 65%  open or enough slots for 26 Donors.  If you are able to donate please do so.  Your contribution can save 3 lives.  You can sign up on the  web at www.redcrossblood.org sponsor code aimhigh or their is a sign up sheet at the desk in the studio and we will get  you signed up if you choose to do it that way.

I forgot to mention KJN says anyone who donates or volunteers will receive a Red Cross patch for  their efforts.  It is also on the calendar as a black belt event.

Its exactly one week until I present my first WOW to people at my school. I'm so nervous! I feel like there is still a lot of preparation I have to do still, especially since i don't feel satisfied with myself on my monologue yet. I know I've been saying it a lot, but I have so many things going on that I mostly just feel overwhelmed, anxious, and tired. However with yesterday's sunny weather and something a friend showed me, its good if I can take a step back and smile every once and while :) This weekend I also helped with the Girls Workshop at Aim High. It included a zumba lesson, self-defense lesson, nutrition lesson, snack lesson, discussion time and play time at the end. I was persuaded to do the Zumba lesson, which ended up being a lot of fun :) What makes this workshop so valuable is that these girls get to look up to people who have experienced and/or can give them advice on situations or issues they are having in their life. I felt lucky to be able to lead a discussion with the older girls. I'm also curious on how first team challenge goes tomorrow. Excited to see how the teams react to the challenge So, again I just want to say, if you're feeling stressed take a step back from what you're doing and try and find something that makes you happy, smile, or something or someone you're grateful to have in your life. Sometimes our lives get to busy that we forget to appreciate it. :)

YAY TEST SUMMER PUMPKINS WOAH THATS ALOT TO TALK ABOUT :D

Hello team i hope your having a great day because i am to i got all A's in school only one B but that's OK any way tonight I'm going to talk about how awesome this team is and how fast October is coming fast any ways i love this team because every one is super positive and when my spirits go down you guys raise em up again and again
 thank you team Ur all so aw some!! anyways.... October and the test is coming up so fast that i think I'm going pumpkins over this and i cant wait for the test how about you? anyways keep up the awesome effort and stay cool because the summer is coming!

sincerely, Clark Ahrendt
oh by the way leave a comment to me to tell me if your going swimming or not this summer and like i said stay chilly bye!

also before i go i wanted to add how I'm doing in my energy and effort  in requirements and class well yesterday i had low energy i was very sore and i apologize and with my requirements WHO wee I'm definitely going to own this test i hope you all will to see ya later!

My pen pal

                      Today, I got a mail from my pen pal from Rock Creek Elementry school from Ms.Hickey's class.  I know Ms.Hickey because she was my substitute for my teacher when my teacher had problems with her back.  My pen pal is in 3rd grade, and what suprised my class the most was that some of them play Black Ops, Skyrim, and other games like that.  We're at least 2 years older than them and most of us aren't allowed to play that kind of stuff!  My pen pal likes sports, loves games, and says he's an "outdoors" person, even though he likes video games.  There was a really cute letter from a third grader to my classmate Aubrie.  The girl wrote a full page of questions.  When my teacher read it out loud, she read " Question 1..." and then said "I will skip all of these..."  I know that this is going to be fun.

Hello team sorry if i am responding just a little late but super awsome job on the froged testing phase 2! if we keep going at the pace that we have been going then were going to all pass our black belt test and if we dont well not make it so come on guys we can keep this up also great jobs on practicing with our teams on wendsday we had a huge succesuful day!
im out peace!
sincerly<Clark

Phase 2 test May 1, 2012

Steven Cason 1st Degree Candidate Forged Team.

Darn it I hate when the copy and paste function doesn't work as expected.  Mainly because I need to rewrite everything so all have a chance to read it.
 
As I stated on the aimhigh blog I am finally feeling like I can get my pushups and crunches going again.  Over the last few weeks I had Kidney Stones (really slowed me down) then I injured my hip last Wednesday evening during training.  Hurt to walk on it on Saturday then I got up on Sunday and it was gone.  Like I said before I'll take this kind of luck when I can get it.  :)

Everyone was looking good last night and I was happy to see the younger testers doing so well.  As usual I was a bit sweaty by the end of the test (Sorry Chels.)

I didn't realize this was the half way point til I read CGN Jenalyn's post.  I had counted on it being about 2/5ths finished.  Anyways 2 more phase tests.

Everyone keep up the good work.

Steve