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The Hidden Life of Home Visits

Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2019

My dear teammate Cate*: Esther*, could you call Sumaya* and see if she’d like us to

visit on Wednesday?

.... They want us? Great. Can you ask for their address?

E: They said that you’d remember where the house is.

C: Oh... really? (They obviously have no idea how directionally

challenged I am). Right now I can’t even think of which

neighborhood they’re in....

E: They said it’s near the tree.

C: Oh! Ok, I know what neighborhood “the tree” is. But where

exactly is their house...... Oh, yeah, last time we saw Sumaya, it

was actually when we were trying to visit Fatima. But Fatima

wasn’t home, and we ran into Sumaya on the street. OK, I think I

can get there.... Though I’m not entirely sure which floor they

were on.

The next day we are on our way, still not sure where we are going. 

{arrive at building, start walking up} An older lady on the 1st

floor asks where we’re going. When we mention Sumaya, she

takes us up a floor where Sumaya’s aunt greets us at the door.

This looks right. We remember coming here, and remember the

aunt. .... Except, wait. The aunt leads us downstairs. Apparently

last time, when we visited unexpectedly, Sumaya just brought us

to her aunt’s house.

Auntie takes us a couple of streets over and around the neighborshood, where we finally get to

Sumaya’s apartment, an apartment I’m pretty sure I’ve never

been to! Nonetheless, we made it!

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