Because of a funeral, a train, several friends, and moving back into the dorms at Purdue I have missed two days of posting. Oops.
Saturday morning I was packed and ready to go. My mother and father and I left for Connecticut to attend the funeral of my dad's step-nephew. It feels inappropriate to call him my cousin because I never met him or saw much of that part of my dad's family. The families were joined after both sides had grown up and I don't know exactly how close they were.
The service was nice, but the homily was lacking and one gentleman, while certainly meaning well, talked for far too long about the mother of the deceased. His eulogy seemed to last forever and it was awkward because he didn't seem to know Bobby very well.
We then met up with some old family members, introduced ourselves to everyone, and ate some delicious roast beef. I was invited to stop by one of my step-uncle's house on my planned cross country trip in may. I was offered Texan barbecue, so I really don't think I have a choice anymore.
Later that evening I boarded a train. More on that in a bit.
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