It Seems Like I'm Posting Twice in a Row... But that other one was from earlier! WAY earlier!

Okay, team - the wait is over. The homestay family has been met. I have seen my room, my bed, and my classrooms. I have even taken my placement test (although I may not have done so well... We'll see!!!)

Most importantly - the homestay family. Yesterday, which was Sunday, May 31st, if you were wondering, I met them at approximately 11:40am. I have a father and a mother - I knew that. Right away, my mother told me that I should call her "Mom," my father "Dad." So there you go. Nice, right? Very familiar. This also means, though, that I don't know my father's actual name, because the paperwork I got only printed my mother's name...

So they took escorted me away from the hotel where we'd met, to the "Rifare Building," my school building, but also where they had parked their car. Now, Japanese cars, so far, are tiny. Like, Mini Cooper sized, AND smaller. Which is adorable to see next to all the HUGE passenger buses. (P.S. They drive on the wrong side of the road here, just like England. Don't worry, though, I never really think I'm in England... ) So I'm expecting to get to this tiny thing that barely fits my admittedly large suitcase. And then we walk up to this HUGE van. Like, huge. Even by U.S. standards, it's semi-gigantic. Can fit at least 8 people, I'd say.

And we get in. Okay. Not so exciting. But I was surprised.

So... Now I have to go visit the Ishikawa Prefectural Government. They're very good to my program - they give us free bus passes, which is awesome because they cost about $200 for two months. Mine is pink and pretty awesome. More later. Gotta pretty up for the government.