When did summers get so busy? As a child, I remember the days stretching out endlessly before me, with nothing to do but sleep in late and then spend the days splashing in the lake, riding my horse (preferably at the same time), annoying my older sister and all the other fun things you’re supposed to do during vacation.

At some point, and I’m guessing the transformation must have occurred sometime during or after college, all that free time evaporated and time went into warp drive.

Even now it seems summer is just a bridge from one big event to the next. It’s a short bridge, too, because the events just seem to line up one after another.

Wasn’t Memorial Day just a couple of weeks ago? What happened to June? Please don’t tell me the Fourth of July has already come and gone. That must mean Labor Day is two weeks away! Forget about the long, hot, dog days of August — we’ve already rounded the bend and are coming down the stretch, or at least that’s how it feels.

Well, we’re not quite there yet, at least according to my calendar, and we have a little more time to relax and enjoy what will hopefully be more summer-like weather.

And we do have at least one more big event before we get to Labor Day.

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island will host the Centennial of Naval Aviation Fly-in July 30, and has all kinds of events scheduled that are open to the public. Look for a list of activities and information in future issues of the Whidbey Crosswind as the days draw nearer. An official program for the event will be published and inserted in this paper July 29.

-Kathy Reed, editor