Soooo I contacted someone on Ancestry.com over in the UK, and she ended up sending me information on my family going back 8 generations. She had some holes in her tree that match up with the information that I have, so I just sent her a chunk of stuff too. I have suddenly become very busy, trying to verify everything she has sent. The first piece I am questioning is the death date of a great uncle - my mom is really sure he died in 1969, but this lady's info has him dying in 1986. big difference.

She did have his plot information and the cemetery, so I get to call Canada tomorrow and see if I can figure it out. I feel like a detective!
My daughter is having a wonderful time in Nepal. Apparently she was teaching the kids at the orphanage today about journaling. She asked me for some topic ideas. I find this hilarious because when she was younger, she used to fight me the most about writing journal entries everyday for school. Apparently she wanted to share the misery. lmao
My furnace has failed to kick on this weekend, so we are waiting for Monday and the property management company to save us. It's freaking freezing in my house right now, but I do have a fire going in the fireplace. It's warmer right next to it, at least. Tonight is PunkRock's sleepover, so I feel good about it. He is a snugglebug in bed, so I should stay toasty.
So, yesterday and this morning I was with WarMan. DarkKnight went to lunch at Ruby Tuesday in Chambersburg with us Saturday morning and that was nice. I was wearing jeans and was feeling very unfeminine though. I hardly ever wear pants - I am a skirts and dresses sort of girl. Combine that with my period coming later this week, and I was just feeling blah and out of sorts. I did finally get my haircut, so that was a bit of a positive, but I need a color job super soon.
Anyway, I really don't know where the time goes, when I am with WarMan. We spent some time at his place, and he emptied out some more of his living room. There is light at the end of the tunnel with getting it looking like a proper home! We went to a thrift store after, to drop off donations and then look around a bit. We had some issues when we came back to the house - I plopped down to surf on my phone, and I thought he went to the restroom, but instead he was wanting me to notice he was in the bedroom waiting to have sex. When I finally noticed he was taking a while in the bathroom, I called out to him and discovered his true location. He was upset, I was confused as to why he hadn't said anything and it was a little bit of a mess. I still don't quite understand why things got out of sorts, but after some really good sexy times, we had a nice dinner that he made (yum Chinese!) and then headed for bed for even more incredible sexy times.
Followed by more great sexy times this morning. Yay!
We had some conversation this weekend about his upcoming trip to New Mexico to see his kids. I am sad to see him go, but of course he needs to visit them. He has said he wants me to go with him on his next trip, probably next February, if things go well with telling them about me. The thing is, he has never told his kids ever, about anyone he has dated. So this might come as a shock - I think it's been like a decade since his divorce? (His kids are both teenagers.) So that is sort of nerve-wracking in and of itself, but his extended family has never asked about his love life either, so it would be news to them, PLUS the thing about his ex-wife is that she might still be harboring the idea that they will get back together at some point, because in their religion, that is what should happen. Apparently. Throw in the news that I am poly, well, yikes!
That said, his family pretty much has always believed that WarMan has been having a sexual relationship with Monkey, who they know is married to someone else, this entire time. So it is kind of crazy he needs to again say that he is NOT sexing her up, but actually he is with a different married woman.
We discussed the idea of not telling his family that I am married, and he is concerned that by leaving that information out he would be being dishonest, and if they found out, he'd be concerned that his kids would think that it was something he was trying to hide and is ashamed of. He doesn't want them to think that.
He could also not tell his family at all about me, and continue to let them live in ignorance.
I thought he had 100% decided that he was going to tell them about me, but WarMan went out to dinner with Monkey last Friday, and came to me this weekend saying he was unsure. This confused me, because I didn't see how it concerned her at all. Apparently he asked her opinion though. She didn't want him to tell about me, saying that I may not be anything long term and that he would just upset his children and family for someone who is moving away next year. I think that is a valid reason, even if I have no plans to dump WarMan anytime soon.

And apparently he didn't share with her that he has been talking about moving in and possibly moving away with me? I am unclear as to whether he shared that with her. He said she is very jealous about me being in his life still.
I told him that if he chose not to mention me to his family now, that I was not at all comfortable visiting in February and being sprung as a surprise on everyone. I want some buffer time, so he can talk about things we are doing together in the interim during phone calls, etc. to kind of normalize our relationship. And in my experience, this stuff does take time!
I am feeling very depressed right now and down about the idea, all together. I resent Monkey's opinion about me, mattering at all. I dislike the idea of my being poly being discussed by another group of disapproving people. I am unhappy that the situation could cause WarMan to become even more distant from his extended family and children. Sigh.
I hate this hormonal timefuck right before my period. I have a hu-mun-dungus zit on my chin that appeared overnight. I feel gross and dissatisfied with everything about myself. I feel like a terrible person who will cause nothing but problems for WarMan.