First Closed Weekend

This past weekend, Friday, Aug. 31^st – Monday, Sept. 3^rd, was our first closed weekend of the school year. Closed weekends occur one weekend a month, and it’s a time for us to go home and see our family and friends. You can, of course, go home any weekend that you’d like, but not everybody can easily do that, so closed weekends are here to make sure everybody leaves and visits their family regularly. If you’re from the east, and having your parents drive all the way to and from Bowling Green twice in one weekend is a hassle, you can take the Gatton-provided shuttle to and from Versailles at the beginning and ending of the weekend. I’m from eastern Kentucky, so my drive is nearly 5 hours long—meaning I definitely utilize the shuttle.

I was particularly excited about this month’s closed weekend because it was the same weekend as my home high school’s Homecoming football game and dance. I managed to get back home Friday during the football game’s halftime, so I got to see who won Homecoming Queen and watch our football team win the game 41-7. I then went home to visit with my family and say hi to my dogs. The next day, on Saturday, I got ready and went to my school’s homecoming dance. It was a chance for me to catch up with a lot of people from my home school that I don’t normally talk to. It was certainly no Gatton dance, but it was pretty fun. I spent the rest of the weekend catching up on homework and sleep, and spending time with my family. Then Monday afternoon I headed back to Versailles and got on the shuttle to go back to Gatton, getting ready for the next week of classes.

Shay