（日本語は後半にあります）

【English】

I went to the dentist and ophthalmologist this afternoon and got home at 7pm. After returning home, I had no more energy to cook dinner and decided to take my sons to Saizeriya, a Japanese restaurant chain. My elder son’s bicycle had a flat tire, so we walked there, and my step count exceeded 8,000 steps, making it a day of walking well.

The reason I went to the ophthalmologist was to replace my contact lenses. However, I was in a rush and forgot to bring my current lenses. But when I told the receptionist this, she said that today was just a consultation and lens adjustment, and that I could bring my old lenses when the new ones arrived at the store. I was relieved that my time was not wasted since I took the bus all the way there.

Recently, I felt that I had some difficulty seeing in my left eye, but the examination results showed that the power of both the left and right eyes had not changed much from before. The doctor said that I may feel this way because I have more astigmatism in my left eye. So I decided to order the same contact lenses as before. I took my second son with me and was glad that he was waiting for me while quietly reading a book about miso soup and vegetables. The lenses would be available for pickup after June 2. After leaving the ophthalmologist, we bought clothes and shoes for the children and headed home.

My elder son came home from cram school at about the same time as we did. I’m tired today! Let’s go to Saizeriya!” I said, and he was overjoyed. As we walked to Saizeriya, I asked him about his recent experiences at school.

They recently had a class meeting and my son chaired the meeting. However, he said the proceedings did not go well. When I asked him why, he said, “Because just when we were getting to the end of the discussion, there was a guy who turned it over". After taking a majority vote on the final confirmation, he asked the members, “Well, are you okay with this proposal?”, the boy interrupts the proceedings by saying something like, “I think you should listen to the minority opinion as well". My son got a little angry and asked, “What on earth do you want to do?", he replied, “What? I don’t really want to do anything…” the boy replied.

People like that are everywhere … just meeting crashers. I’ve encountered people like that a few times, mainly at work, and it’s a shame that some elementary school kids are like that. I guess they do it because it’s easy to break up a coherent discussion and it feels good to get attention for it. I heard that every class meeting is like that, and the kids in charge of chairing the meeting get into trouble. Elementary school students have a tough time, too!

It has been a while since I was at Saizeriya, and I was a bit surprised to see that they have introduced food-delivery robots. These robots are now very common in chain restaurants and izakayas (Japanese style pubs). The sight of robots and humans working together is like something I saw in a science fiction movie a long time ago, and it makes me feel somewhat strange.

I walked a lot, so I think I will sleep well!

【Japanese】

今日は午後に歯科と眼科へ行き、帰宅したのが19時。もうご飯を作る気力もなく、息子たちを引き連れてサイゼリヤへ行くことにしました。長男の自転車がパンクしていることもあり歩いて行ったので、8,000歩超えとよく歩いた1日になりました。

眼科に行ったのはコンタクトレンズの交換のためでした。ところが、バタバタしていてコンタクトレンズを持って行くのを忘れてしまったんです。。でも受付でその旨伝えたところ、今日は診察と度調整のみ、新品のレンズが届いたタイミングで旧レンズを持っていけばOKとのこと。わざわざバスで行ったので、その時間が無駄にならなくてホッとしました。

このところ若干左目が見えにくいような気がしていましたが、検査の結果左右ともそれほど度数は変わっていませんでした。左目の方が乱視が強いため、そのように感じるのではないかとのこと。コンタクトレンズは、前回と同じものを注文することにしました。次男を連れて行ったのですが、味噌汁や野菜の本を静かに読みながら待っていてくれたので助かりました。レンズは6月2日以降に受け取り可能とのこと。眼科を出た後、子どもたちの服や靴を買って帰路につきました。

私たちの帰宅とほぼ同時に、長男が塾から帰宅しました。「母さんは今日は疲れた！サイゼリヤに行く！」と言うと大喜び。サイゼリヤまでの道を歩きながら、学校での話を聞きました。

最近、学級会があり長男が議長を務めたそうですが（議長は持ち回りらしい）進行が上手くいかなかったとのこと。なぜ？と尋ねると、「話がまとまりかけた頃に、ひっくり返すやつがいる」と言います。最終確認で多数決をとり、「じゃあ、この案で決まりで良いですか？」と投げかけても、「少数派の意見も聞いた方がいいと思いまーす」と言うんだとか（多数決の意味・・・）。長男が若干腹を立てて「〇〇さんは一体どうしたいんですか？！」と訊いても、「え？いやー、ぼくは別に何がしたいとかじゃないですけど」・・・。

いるいる、そういう奴・・・会議クラッシャーですね。割とどこにでもいるとは思っていたけど、小学生でもそういう子がいるのかと残念に思いました。まとまりかけた話を壊すのは簡単だし、注目を集めることもできて気分が良いからやるのでしょう。聞けば学級会は毎回そんな調子で、議長を担当する児童が困ってしまうのだそう。小学生も大変ですね！

久しぶりのサイゼリヤ、なんと配膳ロボットが導入されていてちょっとびっくりしました。このロボット、ファミレスや居酒屋チェーンで本当によく見かけるようになりました。ロボットと人間が一緒に働いている空間は、昔SF映画で見た風景のようで何だか不思議な気持ちになります。

よく歩いたので、ぐっすり眠れそうです！
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