Day 2--meeting the Family

This morning I woke up about 8:30 to get to the train station. Last night I was able to sleep pretty well...I did wake up at 11:40 unable to fall back asleep...I tossed and turned for about an hour...there were more tears then too!! I became upset that I couldn't go back to sleep and homesick which made it harder to sleep again. I finally went back to sleep...
We left the hotel about 9:30 for the train station which we arrived at about 10. We went in search of food then got on our train to head to Annecy. The whole trip (nearly 4 hours) I was very nervous and anxious about meeting my host family. I wanted to sleep but couldn't really get comfortable so I did sudoku puzzles to distract from those feelings of nervousness and homesickness. When we pulled up I saw a man standing outside my car and I knew it was my host dad, Eric. He immediately started talking in French to me. I felt like I understood a good portion of what he was saying. When we got to their house, I met Christiane, his wife. She was really nice and understood that I'm not very good at French. She gave me a tour of the house and we went over some rules, etc. She left me to unpack my things. While I was unpacking, I was able to chat with a couple people from home. Then about 5:00 she drove me around the town and I saw my school and the downtown area. We came back and I hung out in my room doing more organizing, etc. before dinner. At dinner I met the Japonese girl who has been staying here as well. She seems nice, and isn't that great at French either! For dinner, Eric made (course one) tomatos and cucumbers with a sauce, (course 2) French version of a burger and fries (home made fries!) (course 3) cheese, (course 4) melon. It was quite delicious! We chatted a bit before we left the table.
It has been another long and tiring day...not as difficult as day one, but still feeling homesick...2 months seems like a very long time right now to be here...Hopefully I'll make some friends at school tomorrow.