What we're doing

First off, I wanted to explain my name. Dan chose it, said I should think of my favorite Chinese dish, which is scrambled eggs and tomatoes and get a name from there. Also, after I thought about it, I realized that at Towson, when I told one of my Chinese friends my name in Chinese, she said I had called myself a tomato. So, the blog name makes sense.
Here's a picture I stole off Google:

Dan and I are leaving for Beijing on August 24th, flying from Vermont to Newark to Beijing, so we should get there sometime on the 25th (I know nothing of flight times). We will take a cab to our hotel and the next day I'm going to meet with the agency I signed a contract with, and hopefully, with their help, we will find an apartment pretty soon after getting there. I will then have interviews with schools, and hopefully get a job within a day or two (things move pretty fast in China with teaching). There was a man I was in contact with who had an interview, got hired a couple hours later, and started the next day.

I'm not completely sure what will be in this blog. I'm hoping there will be lots of funny stories about my interactions with Chinese people, some things to pray for, and just general information that we're still alive. I'm going to try to be on facebook consistently, I'd love messages or emails from people (my email address is on facebook) just to know how everyone's doing. So yeah, I guess there's more to come in a couple weeks.