I feel lucky. The difference between starting a new program at another school and starting a program at Benet is that we have talent.

We truly have a core of tremendous athletes in the three seniors. The challenge for me is to continually push those players, and push the players who have never played organized volleyball and get them to that level in a short amount of time.

They have to do it in a game-like situation, they have to try these things. It was meant for these kids to do what they have to do in a competitive situation. That's what I'm happy about. Depending on your level of competition, you tend to meet your competition and you always want to be above (it), to stay above and meet that level of consistency. And we did that tonight.

It's a great way for the community to get to know our school.

Most children come to school tired on Monday and Friday. When we look at the data, that's when we also have the most absences. Knowing that, we have to make it work for us because we want the children to perform their best.

It was nice for everyone to get together and just talk. We get so busy with school and jobs that we don't get time to keep in contact with our friends. On Wednesday night, I got to catch up on much-needed talks with my friends and find out what has been going on in their lives.