This is shaping up to be the Summer of my discontent. Thanks to a snafu relating to a passport application submitted many, many, many weeks ago, I've had to postpone a much needed annual holiday. I'm summoning up all my mental faculties to remain calm, focused and restrain myself from unleashing a torrent of insults at the embassy bureaucrats I'm dealing with in an attempt to resolve the matter. As I sit here listening to the mind-numbing Musak recordings my embassy graciously provides for its citizens' listening pleasure, I've been meditating on the term "snafu". I was surprised to learn that the word is thought to have originated during WWII and is in fact an acronym meaning situation normal: all f***** up. Imagine that. I personally cannot think of a more appropriate term to describe my current situation.
Sincerely,
The Luxe Chronicles
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