The true meaning of summer

What exactly is summer?

Is it a name? A season? A state of being? Throughout the year we look forward to this one word but what exactly is it?

When I think of the name Summer. I think of a long, slender chick with auburn hair. Obviously she's really preppy and you guessed it, she's wearing a summer dress. She also has a huge smile plastered on her face and she's a genuinely nice person. Her favorite color is probably pink and she loves flowers. Did I mention she's probably valedictorian too? Yeah if there was ever a word for perfect, it's Summer. She's got everything going for her but it makes her a little cocky at times. 

What we probably know the word as best. Summer is the season conveniently located after spring and before fall. The opposite of winter. The months of hell, oh wait, no one calls it that... But yeah you know these 104 days of summer vacation and all of that jazz. Since the first school year, summer has been the season every person looks forward too. Three whole months of no school and a odd feeling bordering on feeling carefree (until you remember how much work you actually need to get done). 

As for it being a state of being I think this one might only apply to me. So I have this weird thing that every memory I have is set to a nice summer day. Even the ones that blatantly happened in the dead of winter with snow all around me. I mean the ones that happened outdoors have their appropriate background but the ones that occured indoors are set to a summer background. So like most of my memories take place in the room that it happened in, but with no windows and it's not like I'm seeing a summer day with the heat and everything but it's more of the mood is like a summer day mood. I could probably spend a lot more time discussing this feeling but I don't think it'll ever be fully clarified...

Bonus!!!

Summer=a person who sums! Duh, it's been so glaringly obvious this whole time. It's not a name, it's not a season, it's not even a state of being, it's been an occupation this whole time. I bet you all feel really stupid right now. If it's any consolation, the answer to the problem above is 3 and not gummy worm.