AA/MM, Seth on the move

As we were traveling around town today Maggie started talking about Aaron. Imagine that! She was a little nervous because there was snow blowing in the wind. It was not sticking to the roads but it was leaving them wet. She said she was never going to drive in the snow which I thought was a little extreme since Aaron has talked about moving to Alaska. (Should the two of them ever get together.) I am no expert but I think it snows there.


When I pointed that out, she laughed and said she would probably get fussed at for that. She said when he fusses at her for her attitude he often calls her, “Margaret Marie!” in scolding her. I thought that was funny, so I told her I would start calling her MM for short. Victoria piped up and said she has always referred to Aaron as AA when she is talking to Maggie concerning him – because of the spelling of his name.

So we decided that we would have to formalize the references a little and start referring to the two of them as AA/MM. But that presented a problem. It is really uncomfortable to say. So rearranging the letters a little we realized that they are either AMAM or MAMA. It was easily settled. Since we already had assigned the Mama title they would have to settle for AMAM, which, you have to admit, is a lot easier than Mama Kim and Papa Tim or Cori and Nate. It is even easier than Mom and Dad. They may be stuck with that one. – If they ever get together.

Seth set out today for West Virginia to be with family for Christmas. It was the first time he has flown alone and Mama was a little worried. She got him on the plane in Amarillo at a little after 5 a.m. and he called from Memphis about 8 .am. He was looking for his gate so Mama told him what to look for to track down the terminal and proper gate as he was walking through the airport.

He has already determined from the TV monitors that his flight would leave from Gate B16, but was not sure how to get to terminal B. With a little help, she got him there – from several miles away. He called several hours later to say had arrived in Columbus, Ohio (His final destination.) and was waiting for his parents to pick him up. It was a couple more hours before he texted simply, “They got me.”

We are assuming it is not a kidnapping but we will not be completely sure until we hear more from him since there is no phone reception in the area of West Virginia where his parents are now living.