tempting fate

Never say "never." or "final" or, in this case, "fine." I just got back from flying half-way 'round the world and back, only to find a message on my voicemail saying that the 93 hoops I've jumped through for my visa aren't in fact enough. Apparently they have 74 more titanium hoops behind their desks to through at me. But, since I am exhausted from the previous 93 hoop-jumping episodes, when these new hoops are madly hurled at me, I watch them fly through the air, growing larger and larger until--SMACK--they ricochet off my forehead and land in a heap in a grimy corner.

I give up.