Summer at the speed of light

Parents are trained, fairly early, that summers are for vaccinations and vacations.
We don’t have to yank our kids from school. We have free time for doctor appointments, or to visit famous monuments, or infamous relatives.
I know I’ve been trained.
Dale and I have managed to break the summer-travel cycle, but sometimes we can’t help it. This summer, in particular, things just keep happening that we want to be a part of, and I keep scheduling them, thinking we’ve got plen