DAY297 [渡英273日] 2021年1月22日（金）:住居の更新，散歩→Jericho cafe，『宇宙戦艦ヤマト 追憶の航海』
住居の来年度の更新の連絡が不動産会社から届く。まず，契約を更新するかどうかを1週間以内に返信する必要があるが，同じ住居に住む場合，家主が5%～10%の値上げを要求してくるのが通例。しかし，今回コロナ禍もあり，お値段を据え置きにする家主も多いと聞く。私たちの場合，家主が月額にして15￡の値上げを通達してきた。上記に書いた相場からすると妥当だと思うので，これは了承。
ただ，来年度は帰国のタイミングもあるので，11か月契約や12か月契約にするのか迷うところ。そこでエージェントに相談したところ，break clause(途中解約)を織り込んだらどうかという提案を受ける。これは2か月前？に退去日を通達すれば，当初の契約期間を短縮できるという条項。そのため，結論としては「家賃￡15の値上がりは了承し，a break clause入りで12か月の賃貸契約」というのが妥当ということに落ち着いた。
午前中は，息子の宿題に悪戦苦闘。小麦粉，塩，水，サラダ油を混ぜてplaydoughsを作り，恐竜を作成する。しかし，結局，homeschoolingは，親がかなりの時間を取られてしまうので，何もできない。継続するにはタフな課題が多い。専業主婦（夫）ならいざ知らず，仕事を持っている人にとってそこまでの労力を割くことができない。
午後は，Jericho小学校近くの公園に遊びに行く。途中お向かいの親子に会い，帰りにクッキー屋さんの前で息子の友達の両親と会う。彼らはエッセンシャルワーカーなので子供を学校に連れて行っているが，やはり人数が少ないので寂しそうだとのこと。週末に時間が合えば公園で会いたいねという話をして帰宅。
私が適当に描いた宇宙戦艦ヤマトを本物と信じてもらっては困るので，息子にリメイク版の『宇宙戦艦ヤマト 追憶の航海』を見せる。そこはまだ子供で30秒に1回ずつ「何？」「何？」と聞いてくるので，説明が大変だった。
We received an email from the property company to renew our tenancy to next term. First of all, we have to reply about whether to renew our tenancy or not within a week. Generally speaking, the landowner tends to raise the price up by 5-10%. However, in this COVID situation, many landowners keep the price, I heard. As to our case, the landowner requests ￡15 up per month. I thought it was a reasonable price, so we accepted.
Since we have to go back to Japan next year, we will contract for 11 months or 12 months. Then when I consulted the agent about this tenancy, she advised us to add a break clause. This is a treaty if we notice the date to leave before 2 months(?), we can shorten the tenancy period. As a result, we decided to renew a tenancy for 12 months, including a break clause and ￡15 up per month.
In the morning, we struggled to do his homeschooling. Mix flour, salt, water and salad oil to make playdoughs and make dinosaurs. But in the end, since homeschooling took parents away time from doing their job. Maybe though it was ok if parents were a housewife or husband, it was hard for parents who had jobs to perform them.
In the afternoon, we went to the park near Jericho primary school. On the way to the park, we met the neighbour, and met my son's friend's parents in front of a cafe.
Each kid has stress not being to meet their friends, so if we have a chance, we told we would take their kid to the park and play.
Since my son belive the Space Battleship Yamato by seeing my poor drawing, I tried to show him "the Space Battleship Yamato Reminiscence voyage, remake version". However, my son asked the contents every 30 seconds, say "what is that meaning?", "what?". I couldn't watch the movie with ease.
