– Things that make me worry I’ve become a grownup: At the same store, I passed over the Pez dispensers for a package of just Pez, because I could get more candy that way for the same amount of money, and it’s not like the candy tastes any better just because a snowman or reindeer dispenses it.
– Things that restored my faith in humanity: Biking home, I passed a bicyclist heading the other way who said, “There’s snow up ahead.” I looked, saw a tiny snowman by the curb. “Cute,” I said, and looked up to tell the folks in front of the house so. That’s when I saw the full-size snowman. They’d carted snow down from Mount Lemmon in the back of their pickup just to make a snowman. Dude.
As I continued to bike home, I regretted passing on those Pez dispensers, unnecessary use of plastic or not. “Maybe I can find one of my old ones,” I thought. “Maybe I haven’t given them all away.”