The closest grocery, Ramstore, or as Peter calls it, Ramshack, is a 5 to 10 minute walk. Today we bought light Jarlsburg (my favorite from Trader Joe's, same brand and everything) a big squash, orange juice, frozen string beans from Belgium, yogurt (they have the same kid brands as Niamey, it's imported from France) and a sesame bread, still warm. Stefan pulled our cart there. Usually he pulls it back too, but today he's still sort of sick and when we got home he had big circles under his eyes.
Stefan's homework was to draw a picture of what he had for dinner. Being sort of out of it, he fell asleep at 6:30, missed dinner and woke up at 10. I'm sure his classmates will have three courses illustrated: pork chops or roasted chicken and a salad with a homemade vinegarette, a fresh vegetable, then cheese followed by chocolate souffle. "Can't you draw what you had for lunch?" I ask him, at least that was soup and a tangerine. I'm a little embarrassed that his teacher is going to think I served us all Life cereal for dinner.
twenty-something years of "what have you been up to?" 
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