tryin to deal

a life long friend of mine passed, I considered him a brother, Im very dis heartened dealing with the long lost cousins. I sat with my friend 2 years ago and we did the "if I ever should die thing" all written out in a final wish planner.
It took all i had to go into the his apartment after he laid for 7 days in there to search for a will which apparently there is not one. he grew very fond of my children and ate at my house 2 or 3 times a week.
obviously I took off work on Tuesday to start arrangements, he was an only child with no close family and he considered my family his family.
Well, the body still at the county morgue on a slab awaiting burial. in the planer he wanted me to be executor and i knew what to do with all of his pocessions......
no will, so in steps the long lost cousin, He is doing the planning, shipping him back to PA and he will fing a cheap casket, Im also talking to the guy and he asks if i could empty the apartment so he doesnt have to travel, but he wants to me to box up anything of value and ship it to him, did'nt he just buy a new tv he asked? mf. and then, Can you go get his truck out of impound and store it at your house until I can come get it? I told him in the planner not that i really care that if he should ever pass the truck would go to me...his reply, he really didnt know what he was doing when he filled that out..
The disheartening part, he had everything laid out on the funeral arrangements and how i should pay for it and i feel i have a moral obligation to follow thru, but in steps the cousin.
"the cousin" is circling above and knew his finacial status, and he is the first of kin, wouldnt you know it, such a good volunteer.
now the good part, I went to his bank upon his instructions, God rest his soul, he left everything to my children,
I have a feeling i will be making his final arrangements once again.
moral of the story, get a will