Life is still busy. I have submitted my taxes. Not the last minute but probably as late as I have ever done them. Usually that job gets done before March roars in. I have bunch of obligations to fulfill over the next month or so. Wednesday, my wife and I hope to attend Rachael's funeral. My wife has jury duty this week. Their system is that she needs to call this evening to find out if she is needed to show up tomorrow. If she is needed we won't know if she will be selected so we don't know if Wednesday is free for her. We are going to see if we can short circuit that whole thing when I go to the courthouse today to proceed with my name change. I hope I can get my notice for the name change posted today.
Yesterday we had a pleasant conversation with our daughter. She seems to be doing OK. She has had a couple of therapy sessions and says she is in a good place. She is still unsure what her feelings will be when we are face to face. I am struggling with just how to present when she next sees me. I do not want to overwhelm her. Yet, I don't want to hide my new found light under a bushel any longer, either. Our next face to face is not far off. I have committed to doing some renovation work on her condo for her while she is doing a cruise. We are trying to get everything in place so we can travel to our daughter's immediately after the funeral. So, it looks like she will see me on Thursday.
Got things to do today and tomorrow. I have a chronic coolant leak in the van somewhere between the engine and the firewall so I want to drop that off at my service place and see if it can be fixed before I need to leave on Wednesday morning. I have an optometrist appointment. I am watching a developing cataract and it might be time to schedule surgery for that. Then, I need to get the name change notice up, if possible, otherwise, it will be two or three weeks before I am back in town to get it posted. Then there is packing for the trip.
While we are traveling up our daughter's way, I need to go to my employer's location to get some programming relate work started. I have been trying to do this remotely but I have been a nightmare. I need to get the physical system properly laid out and the basic software platforms installed. After that, I should be able to complete the project remotely.
My wife's sister has been having serious health issues lately and we need to try to see her while we are thatr close.
The next step in my coming out process is for my wife and I to sit down with her very best friend, face to face, and let her know what is going on. You all know how stressful and uncertain that process is. My wife and this friend exchange emails daily and confide in each other about everything, except my transness. The need for my wife to protect "my truth to tell" from her friend has been a great burden on my wife. It means she often has to be cryptic and secretive when she bitches about me. But, now, that we have determined that we are moving forward to 24/7 womanhood for me and our daughter has been told, this friend is the next that needs to know. This is our first opportunity, in person, to do that since we told our daughter. Wish us well.
There is one other person that need to be told in person. After that it will be a family and friends, general broadcast.
Never a dull moment.
Stevi