Your account appears to have been activated, since I do show you as having been active in 2013, and as being registered under the new code. So, there should be no reason to reactivate, which makes the first option the likely one.
However, DG has access to the database itself, which for obvious security reasons, is not something we can all access. She can see a great deal more, and she's brilliant at solving these issues, so let's see what she can tell us.