Dang, this 38-year-old stuff is hard. I feel so old I don’t even know if I can get these ancient fingers to type this blog post. Just kidding! Even if these fingers couldn’t keep up any longer, I would ask Sloan to type for me. Let’s get going with my first rundown at 38…

Cake Photo – This was my birthday cake this year and no matter how delicious it might appear, looks can be deceiving. I screwed up. Sidney wanted to bake me a birthday cake but since my special day fell on a Tuesday, I told her not to worry about. So I picked up this red velvet cake from WinCo. The grocery store didn’t even make it (made from some national brand and shipped in) and you sure could tell when we dug in on Tuesday night. It was crumbly and extremely dry. My birthday falls on a week day again next year but I think I will take my wife up on her offer to bake me a cake that actually tastes good.

This was my birthday cake. It wasn’t as good as it looks.

Halloween X-SPO – I love everything-spooky and fortunately my kids do too. I couldn’t resist taking them to the Halloween X-SPO event in downtown Spokane this past weekend. Put on by Lilac City Comicon, we had a blast posing in the photo backdrops, marveling at crazy costumes, and browsing the creepy merchandise sold by the vendors. We will circle it on our calendar again for next year.

We had a lot of fun at the Halloween X-SPO.

Best Birthday Party – I celebrated my birthday on Tuesday and enjoyed every moment with my wife, kids, and parents. As an adult, any birthday you can spend with your family is the best one. However, when I look back on my childhood, I always bring up my “limousine birthday” as the best party I ever had (as a kid). About 10 years ago I wrote about the experience, but the memory from my 8th birthday party limo cruise was ordering our driver, Leonardo, to drive us to McDonald’s. With Sloan turning 8 in March, I hope she doesn’t get any ideas.

Hanging with my limo driver, Leonardo.

2010s Archive – I have written many blog posts on Oct. 10, so many that it would be too cumbersome to mention them all. So how about I just pull some from the mid-to-late-2010s? On this date 10 years ago, I wrote about my first visit to a Southern BBQ buffet (spoiler: I left stuffed). On Oct. 10, 2016, I offered my top 10 reasons why “Forrest Gump” is one of my favorite movies. In 2017, I used my Oct. 10 blog post to sound off on the eccentric Jeopardy champion at the time, Austin Rogers. In 2018 I wrote about an awesome birthday gift I received that is still paying dividends to this day. And finally, on Oct. 10, 2019, I wrote a Thursday Rundown that included a plethora of noteworthy topics, including Sid’s top pregnancy craving at the time.

Hanging with a couple of CCU co-workers who also celebrated October birthdays when we went to a Southern BBQ buffet in Conway, SC.

Cheese Mouth – Did this deserve its own spot on the rundown? Probably not. However, I thought I would offer it as a Don’t Blink exclusive as I have not posted it on social media. I make a sack lunch for Beau to eat at each of Sloan’s soccer matches. Last Saturday he took his cheese wedges, placed them in his mouth, and took this photo. He totally takes after Sid! 😂

I have one silly boy.

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This Thursday Rundown was fun! It truly is such a cool time of the year. Enjoy your autumn October weekend, my ghosts and goblins! Don’t Blink.