I Actually Have An Addiction to Doughnuts

So yeah guys, I went back to the Sugar Shack again today.

For probably the bajillionth time.

And it will not be the last time, trust me.

I think I'm starting to have a full on addiction to Sugar Shack doughnuts.

Do they have meetings for these kind of things? Just like they have AA meetings and PTA and all that other stuff?

I feel like they should, because it would be very popular at my school with the Sugar Shack being right around the corner.

Anyway, I wasn't going to go because I was going to try and eat healthy today because of our field hockey game.

But then it started raining, and the game was canceled.

So... the rest is history...

Speaking of field hockey (and this post is kind of random and all over the place sorry) we had a scrimmage against Collegiate Tuesday, which went, well, lets just say, not the best. At least the game was canceled halfway through due to lightening, so they couldn't score any more goals on us than they already had...

But win or lose, here is a rather fabulous picture of my lovely friend Finn looking cute on the bus on the way there.

I'm proud of my team no matter what, because win or lose, we all work really hard.

Also, I'm sorry, but does anyone stand a chance against Collegiate?

Maybe we can beat them at some point, we have another game against them coming up soon!

I guess my team will have to stop eating so many doughnuts between then and now... oh well...

Sugar and Sprints and Everything Nice

Have I mentioned that I love, love, LOVE my field hockey team before?

Well, they're amazing.

By any standards they are incredible, but compared to last year I can't even believe that complete 180 that is the team I play for.

We may have only been together for 3 weeks at this point, but we already feel like a family.

I guess running sprints and having to carry water coolers across the field helps people bond.

But with my team, it's more than that.

We look out for each other, root for each other, laugh with each other.

Maybe not all of us are the best players, but everyone knows their talents,

as well as appreciates everyone else for theirs.

Coach Adler makes even the hardest of practices fun.

She knows how to cheer us all up and get us motivated,

but she also knows how to push us to be OUR best, not anyone else's. 

Even if there is an age gap between the girls on the team, it doesn't really matter.

We're all best friends.

After last year, I considered not coming back.

I didn't want to feel like a worthless member of the team anymore.

I was tired of sitting on the bench, 

being lectured for not working hard enough when I was pushing myself past my capable limits,

being ignored for doing something good,

and being lectured for doing something wrong.

But now that I'm back, I wouldn't trade it for anything else. 

I'm thankful for every single one of the girls on the team.

I'm thankful for our hardworking coaches.

I'm thankful that we have the opportunity, no matter how much we screw up, to try again.

As well as I'm glad we have the Sugar Shack right around the corner, so we may have gone there after practice today...

I'M THANKFUL FOR SAMOA DOUGHNUTS!

I'm just happy I gave this team another chance, and I didn't give up after one bad experience.

Things have changed, and for the better.

Now I finally feel like I'm a part of a team, instead of just playing on my own.

And I couldn't be happier.

Wow I make the same face in every photo awkward...

Rainy Day Adventures

So, if there's anything I hate more than meat and having to wake up early, it's rainy Sundays. I mean, after all, it is called SUNday, therefore I always feel a little sad and dreary when a Sunday comes around where it is not even a little bit sunny, a day much like today. This afternoon turned out to be better than expected though, despite gloomy skies and pouring cold rain.

First of all, my family stopped for a quick doughnut run at Dixie Donuts, which is probably the cutest doughnut shop I have ever been in my entire life. They are constantly inventing new flavors of doughnuts, so of course I have to try a new one every time! This time I tried German chocolate (which was a chocolate doughnut with dark chocolate frosting and walnut creme stuff in the middle... YUM) as well as the 'OMG' doughnut (a vanilla doughnut with chocolate frosting and a chocolate doughnut hole in the middle with vanilla frosting and caramel and chocolate drizzled over it... help I think I'm going into chocolate overload... oh wait that doesn't exist...)

 Car selfies with the ever stubborn Meg

Meg looks cute even when she eats doughnuts...

After Dixie Donuts, my family and I went to the VMFA, the HUGE art museum in RVA. We decided to check out the South Asian Art exhibit because that is what I'm going to be learning about in art this year, so we figured it'd be cool to check it beforehand. This exhibit was filed with lots of pieces of art depicting Hindu and Buddhist gods, such as the above statue of Shiva, the all-powerful creator of the universe in the Hindu religion (at least that's what I read on the description plaque... I'm not actually Hindu so correct me if my facts are wrong...) 

 Chihuly is probably one of the most amazing things I've ever seen...

After checking out Southeast Asian art, Meg and I ventured over to the Chinese and Japanese art since that is what I learned about this year. Meg actually seemed to like it a lot, especially some of the tapestries and screens, and I took pictures of some of my favorite things such as the picture of the bird in the branches and the two ink drawings.

This was Meg's very favorite thing in the entire museum... I think she liked that it had animals on it... I have to admit, I like it too though.

We found this room at the very top of the building where one wall was made completely out of windows, so you could see the whole city. 

What I'm wearing:

Dress: H&M

Boots: Target

(I had taken my belt off at this point because I was being lazy, but I usually would wear a belt along with this outfit)

If Meg and I work together, we have enough arms to portray Shiva, unfortunately with an extra set of legs...

After I got home, I did chores, ate Caprese Salad (possible recipe coming later!) and worked on my birthday gift for Reshini. I was actually pretty proud of it, I made her a CD of 15 love songs since she's 15 and I love her... Ok fine it's cheesy but she liked it. After dinner I went to Reshini's house for a couple hours to celebrate her birthday, and although I didn't get any pictures, almost EVERYONE I made missed from school was there, and it was so awesome to see everyone again! We all ate too much ice cream and hung out in Reshini's living room with the extremely soft rug and watched Identity Thief and looked at videos of our young embarrassing selves. Now I just have to wait a couple more weeks before seeing them all again... I'm already starting to go into deprivation...

So no matter how muggy you "Sun"day was, I just hope it was a happy day!