Losing Patience

I just heard my last marble hit the floor and roll under the recliner, and now the cat's got it. I'm a fairly patient person, but I'm really starting to lose it when it comes to this whole mortgage process. The lender has everything it needs to issue the clear-to-close, but now it's with the lender's attorney, who is evaluating the package for "investment worthiness." What the?!? Investment worthiness—doesn't that seem like something they should have looked at before now? I'm sure that this is just a formality (that's what I keep telling myself, anyway), but c'mon folks, it's been 53 days since we put in an offer on the house.