When does time begin to fly?

We have heard the saying time flies, especially as we grow older. Time flies when we are having fun, it flies when we are running late, it seems to fly when we would really rather have it crawl . . . but every year it seems to fly around November and December and the holidays seem to fast-forward us into the new year. As a kid I remember the months seeming to go on forever and enjoying everything we did as kids. As adults it seems we rushed around trying to get our kids to all of their outings, performances and such and hurried our way through the holiday months. Now that the nest is empty, we should have more time. It isn't flying quite as fast, but we still aren't able to slow it to the pace we would like; so we just roll with it for now. After all, the kids are back for the holidays and we like it like that.