Welcome to the virtual home of Katy and Brian Morgan! We’re really excited about starting a blog of our experiences with Air Force life (Brian is a KC-135 pilot), moving to England (June 2008), Katy’s career as a speaker and author, and Chief’s career as the world’s most ridiculous Miniature Pinscher. We’ll go ahead and let you know that this site is a way for us to stay connected to the friends, family and coworkers we’ll miss while we’re gallivanting throughout the UK (that sounded snotty, didn’t it?). So, we’re fully expecting that you’ll interact with us by “commenting” on photos, journal entries, etc. Please keep any profanity or embarrassing childhood stories about us to yourselves, and be warned that if you don’t, we have the capacity to delete it from existence. We’ll also find creative ways to retaliate that you won’t have the capacity to delete, so keep that in mind.
For those of you who don’t know us well, we’ll give you the run-down on some of the frequent commentators you may see posting messages to us on this site:
Gerald (G-man, G-mania, Rock, Coach) - Relation: Katy’s father. He’s the only person we know who has given himself cute nicknames and begs people to use them. In his defense, he does have a certain “aura” about him that causes others to ask him questions like, “Hey, are you a coach?” Hence, this is what prompted him to start calling himself Coach. Gerald spends much of his time coming up with hilarious things to say at the beginning of email forwards, so he will enjoy having a more public forum for that talent. I’m sure his friends Al Baby and Stevie the Wonder (guess who came up with those nicknames) will appreciate not receiving as many forwards as he will spend most of his time devoted to this site.
Terri - Relation: Brian’s mother. She’s the one most likely to use our blog to post questions like, “Hey, do you know yet what you’re doing for Christmas in 2013?” She and Joey will also use the site for purposes of figuring out what we’ll want for Christmas in 2013 and begin shopping accordingly. Terri will no doubt gain much more useful information in one posting from Katy on this blog than she will in 35 phone conversations with Brian.
Pam (a.k.a. Precious) - Relation: Katy’s mother. She’s most likely to read this portion of the site and say, “WHY did you put my name after Terri’s name?” And that’s why we love to torment her. Pam will also be the one to say things like, “Katy, you haven’t written anything in 2 days. Are you depressed? Have you done something wrong? Is there something you’re hiding from us? Are you pregnant?” She’s also most likely to ask at some point why we keep using the word “blog.”
John - Relation: Brian’s dad. He’s most likely to make obscure comments and jokes that only he and Brian understand. So, if you see something funny, don’t worry about writing it down, he’ll be sure and repeat himself plenty of times. He and Robyn will also post many messages during football season relating to the family’s Fantasy Football League. Since Brian has chosen the past several years not to play, this will probably be a good place for the entire family to engage in plenty of “trash talk.” Katy is excited, because she loves fantasy football (sarcasm intended).
Drew - Relation: Katy’s brother. He’s most likely to visit us in England and then complain for five years that we never blogged about it afterwards. He will no doubt fill our blog with completely useless information that he saw on the History Channel or read in the New York Times and then scoff that we didn’t already know that. You can bet the farm that he will at some point mention all the nuclear power plants in England, because he saw it once on (you guessed it) the History Channel.
Misty - Relation: Brian’s sister. Misty will most likely use the site to fuss at us for bad things we taught Reagan (our niece) to say or do - she’s still fussing about Brian teaching Reagan to put entire sugar packets in her mouth...paper and all. She’ll keep us updated on Reagan and Carsyn Dailey. Yes, that’s right, she named her kid Carsyn Dailey. And there’s nothing we could say to convince her to consider Ryan Seacrest Dailey.
Cyndi - Relation: Katy’s paternal aunt. Cyndi was a frequent visitor of Katy’s original England site “Postcards from Leeds,” and we’re assuming her interaction with “The Morgan Trail” will be no different. Cyndi is one of the few people who laughs at ALL of Katy’s jokes, so she will receive special mention quite frequently as it is just good PR. Cyndi is also most likely to post a comment asking us to buy her some Magnolia scented bubble bath from Marks & Spencer.
Alan Long (Al Baby) - Relation: one of G-man’s best friends...and we guess we like him too. With Gerald’s presumed preoccupation with humorous postings and his lack of attention to email forwards, Alan will now have massive amounts of time on his hands. We can only assume that simply out of habit, he will gravitate toward this site to read our postings and, of course, Gerald’s comments. Alan is one of only three non-bloods mentioned in this portion of the site (and definitely the one with the least hair), because he makes the best barbecue butt we’ve ever tasted, and we want to stay on his Christmas list. If you haven’t received Alan’s butt for Christmas, then you simply haven’t lived.
Heather (Haver) - Relation: Katy’s college roommate and Maid of Honor. Heather is, like us, a bit of an Internet dork, so she will definitely keep in contact with us using this medium. Heather will most likely give us accurate, up-to-date weather information, since she is a meteorologist. While we’re drowning in the misery of 8 straight months of overcast weather, she’ll probably tell us about all the the “fascinating” cloud movements or something like that (sadly, I’m unable to make an intelligent joke about that one). Outside of Ken Cook, we’re some of Heather’s favorite people, so we know her presence on this site will be constant.
Bo (Bozo, Captain Toe Thumbs) - Relation: Katy and Brian’s college friend. Bo is most likely to use his evil genius to hack into our site and post pictures of his circus-worthy thumbs. He refers to them as “thumbelievable,” and we’re not sure if it’s his new favorite word, or if he’s recently developed a speech impediment. Bo will read our blog in order to stay one step ahead of his competition (Bo is an hilarious blogger in his own right). His postings will most likely include subtle hints about how great his family blog is and how much they are gaining from it. He’ll say things like, “You know, our blog has inspired my entire family to run a half-marathon just so we can write about it!” Oh, yeah? Well, get back to us when you actually FINISH that marathon instead of just doing half of it!
For those we may have left out, we deeply apologize and want you to know that we’ll still look for opportunities to adequately make fun of you as well. So, sit back, relax, put your tray tables to the up-right and locked position (Brian made me add the pilot humor), and enjoy The Morgan Trail...