Author Archives: casey coombs

Customer assistance in sporting goods to the stairs, please?

I know I’m not the only one who leaves town for two weeks and comes home to this. Right? “OH! But it’s just an exercise bike and a weight bench!” you say. Yes, it is an exercise bike and weight bench. Hanging. From. My. Ceiling. (and walls.) And in case your worried about coming toContinue reading “Customer assistance in sporting goods to the stairs, please?”

Goodbye.

Goodbye 24 hour Mexican food. Goodbye soccer star. Goodbye birthday girl. Goodbye Barbara and Johnny. Goodbye perfectly blue sky. Goodbye Aunt Cheryl. Goodbye Katie. Goodbye duck pond. Goodbye beautiful friends. Goodbye GiGi. Goodbye Mickey pancakes. Goodbye sidewalk chalk. Goodbye Delaney. Goodbye adorable strangers. Goodbye Sissy. Goodbye Utah. We really don’t want to go.

Wherein I flaunt my tween celebrity status.

Kevin Bacon is married to Kyra Sedgwick. Kyra Sedgewick was in Phenomenon with John Travolta. John Travolta was in Hairspray with Zac Efron. Zac Efron was in High School Musical with Tyler. Recognize him? He’s on the geek squad with Taylor. Tyler is my dad’s neighbor. We used to play together all the time. AndContinue reading “Wherein I flaunt my tween celebrity status.”

I will not eat eggs and Mrs. Butterworth.

When Cody and I moved across the driveway of our first apartment into the one next door there was a morning where the food was in one apartment and the dishes were at the other. I was eight months pregnant and still vomiting quite regularly. I needed to eat within a half hour of wakingContinue reading “I will not eat eggs and Mrs. Butterworth.”

Like Riding an Iambic Pentameter Bicycle.

I have been staying with a family for the past few days whom I’ve known for a couple of years. They have three of the most well behaved teenage daughters I have ever come across. I’ve been able to help them with their homework over the past few days and it’s coming back to meContinue reading “Like Riding an Iambic Pentameter Bicycle.”