Dear Loan Underwriters, I HATE YOU

After being in the "loan process" for about 45 days I am fed up to the point of walking into BOA and choking the idiot that is supposed to be our loan officer with his own tie. We are 1 day from closing and after 3 different checks and 3 different "gift letters" we are still having problems. "We can't count this account because you made transfer back in march" and "we cant verify that money because it wasn't made in one deposit by check" and that is just the start of the variety of hoops that we have been jumping through over this process. Mostly it has been in the last week which really makes me think highly of these people. As if they didn't know these things beforehand. The money is there, what's the problem. It is as if our money has some form of 5th grade cooties that the bank might catch or something. I get the principle, but there comes a point where taking precautions takes a backseat to being a totally inconsiderate asshole.

Wedding Planning Hell

Now that the great love of my life and I are getting married (insert gag here) I have a steady and overwhelming amount of stuff to talk, sometimes gripe/bitch about. Therefore I shall start immediately with a few disheartening thoughts about wedding planning. I planned my best friend's wedding last year in September. She had no clue what she wanted or how she wanted it. Planning was made easy since I basically made most of the decisions and she was happy to trust my judgement so long as she did have to worry her pretty head about anything but showing up. I however, have always known what my wedding would be like and have been tearing out pages from wedding magazines since age 14. By the time I was in college I had (4) 3 ring binders full of ideas, advice, and of course dresses. Planing my friends wedding was work, but it was nothing compared to what I am going through now. When I was younger I though that having those books would make my road to the isle an easy breezy affair. As fate would have it, I found just the opposite to be true. All my years planning and tearing and organizing only made each on of my decisions harder to make. Then came a little site known as "The Knot" bringing wedding planning to a whole other level. Much like myspace in a way, there are thousands of brides from all across the country, each of them having their own page with 500 pictures and ideas and Everyone shares their advice on the "Talk" boards where there are discussions on anything from what flowers to have to whether or not to have children at the wedding. Needless to say when I had started all of this planning I did not know of such a site. Since starting to plan my own wedding I have become obsessed with seeing every single idea that is out there just to make sure that my own wedding is all that it can be. This of course has taken over my most aspects of my life including my job, where I find myself gazing with longing at a pair of white Vera Wang pumps instead of finishing a contract for whatever project I happen to be working on. I get distraught at the thought of having my wedding and afterwards seeing some wonderfully brilliant idea for reception centerpieces. I think of how easy going my friend was and how I wish that I could disregard the small details and just worry about making it to the venue on time, but Alas I am afraid I am just not capable of doing that. So I guess I will have to
keep trudging along hoping that when it is all over with that I can settle into normal newlywed life without having some kind of wedding DT's.

Introductions

First and foremost I am not a writer, so bear with my pathetic excuse for grammar and my lame attempts at being funny. I do however have lots of opinions, a strong will, and the need to speak my mind on all things, and what better way to vent your anger/hostility/sometimes love and compassion than to let the whole world read about it. That being said I am looking forward to the lovely release of putting thoughts, emotions, grievances, and definitely opinions down onto paper..(we'll as close to actual paper as you can get these days)