I just had a lunch that lasted well over 60 minutes. I am allowed an hour for lunch everyday, but I ran into my cousin on my way back to the office. I found out that he works on campus, with one of the places under construction. As far as I know, there are like 3-4 locations of construction, most of them connected. Well, anyway, my cousin (actually my second cousin; our moms our first cousins), nicknamed Boop of all names (he had that name since he was a kid) is about to have a son in October. I was shocked when I heard that he was going to be a Dad recently; I was pretty sure that he was going to college on a baseball scholarship. He's been in to baseball since he was a shorty. Baseball was his thing most definately. He still says that he is going to go to college part time to become an accountant. I wish him all the best, he's like one of my favorite cousins. Yea, it's not "politically correct" to claim favorite family members, but Boop is one of the people that I grew up with basically. I used to see him a lot when me and my parents visited his Grandma (which is my Mom and Dad's Aunt, and my Great-Aunt, something like that-she;s still my Aunt regardless!) and we used to run around and do a whole bunch of stuff. I remember this one time when our other cousins (that I really didn't care for all that much) got us into a fight somehow. There had to be a lot of words exchanged for that to happen. We got in trouble and my Great-Aunt put us in "time out" and we cried like some babies. If I recall the story correctly, we apologized to each other. Since that day, we never got into a fight. We're just cool like that.

It was cool as hell seeing him today. Hopefully one day soon we can get the chance to hang out. By the fall, he will probably be busy with the arrival of the baby. I understand though- just as long as he takes care of that baby, that's my major concern. I stress that to him today too: "You better take care of that baby, or I'm gonna get you" is what I told him.

One of the biggest life lessons that I've learned thus far in my 20 years of existance is that there isn't just one road to your destination, there are many avenues in which you can take that will get you to the same place. I hope that my cousin chooses to still get to the destination that he wants to be in his life although he has a baby on the way. I hope that he can provide for his son and still be able to make all of his dreams come true.