Shared Birthday

My husband, Bob Schulenberg is a Wyoming sort of guy. He has lived her since he was five, and while he loves to travel, he would never want to live anywhere else. Bob was born of the 64th birthday of this great state, and he likes that. Every year, when he sees something on Facebook about Wyoming’s birthday, he mentions that it is a shared event for him and his beloved state. While many people would think it odd, Bob doesn’t like fishing, camping, skiing, or hunting. Strange, I know for a Wyoming guy, but he just likes the small-town feel of the place, even though we live in the second largest city in the state. Nevertheless, it still has a small-town feel, because in the 2024 census, it only had 58,720 people…up a bit with people moving out of failing states like California and New York, but down from the 59,038 count, in 2020.

Bob retired from the City of Casper on July 1, 2016, where he had been a mechanic for 27 years. While Bob is retired, he’s not really retired. He works on lots of cars, and many people depend on him. He says he just changed bosses, and now he is his own boss and decides what jobs to take, and what jobs not to. I seldom see him turn down a job, nevertheless. Bob is the kind of guy who has a heart for people, and a breakdown is such a hardship that he tries his best to fix it for them. Some jobs require tools he doesn’t have, like computers and such, but if he “can” fix it, he “will” fix it. He has even fixed vehicles of friends of current clients, who are just traveling through and breakdown. Word of mouth is great advertising.

Bob has always loved bowling and is really a great bowler. This past year, he struggles some, due to a torn Meniscus, but I have no doubt that he will come back strong in the 2025-2026 season. It’s rather funny, because while I bowled for a number of years before Bob started bowling, he quickly surpassed my averages. I was a good bowler too, but Bob just took to the sport like he had been doing it all his life. That was in the late 1970s. The rest is history. No, he isn’t as good as the pros, but then he never wanted to be a pro either. If he had wanted to all those years ago, he could have, I think. He was focused and had great form. He was meticulous, and that’s what it takes to be a great bowler, or great at any other sport. Bob has also loved hiking over the years, but the torn Meniscus made that more difficult. I know he misses all the hiking we used to do, and I still hold out hope for him to make a hiking comeback in the near future.

This year, Bob and I celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary.  I’m sure that many people didn’t think we could make it, but there was never a doubt in our minds. Now, two daughters, four grandchildren and six great grandchildren later, we are as happy as we ever were. God knew exactly what He was doing when He made our match, and we are two of the most blessed people on this Earth. It was a match made in Heaven, and Bob, I still love you very much!! Today is Bob’s 71st birthday. Happy birthday Bob!! Have a great day!! We love you!!