Miranda

Welcome Jumpstart! Rachel and I have coerced our co-worker, and we say co-worker we mean co-worker in a very tight sense, into having a blog.

Jumpstart has been sharing a room with Rachel and myself since March. With me for a couple of years now. We have 4 desks and 3 people in one office with no door. We also play the roles of receptionist every time someone enters. "We" have made the mistake of saying the wrong things (like the "S" word) while a kid watches TV in the lobby- which is connected to our office.

We get to be on the phone with mortgage underwriters "negotiating" and people hear our conversations. We also get to be by both of our bosses who happen to be the loudest of speakers.

The fun thing is that we have begun to share a brain. If one of us does not know how a lender wants something one of the other two of us will. If one of us has not run an online underwriting engine then one of the other two of us has. When one of us is on vacation (this may not apply to me because I am the "boss" and therefore a slacker) it is like a part of your brain is missing. This industry changes so quickly that it is hard to keep up with every change for every lender that we work with.

The majority of the time I like to come to work simply because I get to work with Jumpstart and Rachel. We laugh and we cry- that is mortgage processing. It is not an easy job and you only start to feel comfortable after about one year in this business and then you feel confident after a year and a half or two. I will never say that I am bored working on files because there are so many twists and turns. Draa drama drama...

PS- many people think she looks like Miranda on Sex and the City- but she is far more beautiful!