Welcome, indianaugust, both to this board and to the U.S.
I saw your nostalgic comment, and feel compelled to add that I think most childhoods must seem nostalgic in some ways--I mean, children have pretty much no responsibilities, for the most part. I imagine that, if you had been one of those nimbuwallahs (neat word, thank you!) and had to worry about things like whether you had enough supplies, and how much money you'd make for the day, you mightn't look on summer with such nostalgia. I enjoyed my summers as a child, but even then didn't like the heat and the bugs.

Here's our past discussion on shaconian:
http://wordsmith.org/board/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=words&Number=13659