Get to Know the Gordons

When I asked Bailey what I should share about us in this first and most terrifying post, helpfully, he said, “everything.”

“That we’re cool and love Peanut M&M’s?” I asked.

“Exactly.”

If you’re here you probably already know Bailey and I enough to acknowledge that we’re pretty cool, and we do, in fact, love Peanut M&Ms. If you didn’t know those things, but you’re here anyway, welcome!

Knowing that I love to write, several friends and family members asked if I would keep a travel blog of our adventures as my new husband and I move to Thailand for the next half a year to intern/teach in a Thai school. My plan is to share as many cool things with you as I can without making any of them up and to post pictures and other miscellaneous things here, especially since Bailey is super excited about his new GoPro. We are by no means professionals, in writing or in photography, so we hope you’ll enjoy our amateur log-and-blog that we’ll do our best to keep somewhat up-to-date.

In case you weren’t there or didn’t know, Bailey and I were married July 31st of this year(!) after meeting at Butler University where we both studied Vocal Music (classical singing – think opera) and dated for most of that time – even while I was abroad in Vienna, Austria for a semester. He minored in Recording Industry Studies, and I double majored with English, creative writing. Out of school for over a year now and making our way through the COVID era, we’re setting out to travel (carefully and thoughtfully) hoping to create some small impact in the world while also experiencing a lot more of it.

We don’t have a plan yet for after this adventure; we’re taking this thing day by day and figuring it out together. It is both exhilarating and terrifying, but we have each other and we know that opportunities like this are lifechanging.

If you’d like to stick around and see how our lives are changed by this experience (and hopefully more to follow), we’re so excited to have you along for the ride.

Here’s to proof of onward travel!

We welcome you!