Name Changing

I never had a super strong opinion one way or the other on whether I would change my name when I got married. I ended up deciding to do it, mostly I guess because I thought it was a romantic, yet relatively simple, thing to do.

Now I see that I was right on the romantic part, but not so much on the simple part. The reason it's so romantic is because it's a huge pain in the butt. I wouldn't exactly compare it to Orpheus traveling to the underworld to retrieve Eurydice... because that journey actually had a purpose. (Oh, snap!)

I'm kidding, it's not really that bad. But there are so many places that have your name that you just kind of take for granted. The things I have changed so far are:

1. Social security card (trip to the SS. office)
2. Driver's licence (trip to the DMV)
3. Credit card
4. My name at the dentist's office (not sure how important this was, but done for consistency)
5. Resume - which, BTW is now confusing because my publications still have my old name on them (if anyone has tips on how to format this, other than "don't change your name", let me know)

Things I haven't changed yet (over 3 months after the wedding):

1. passport (ack! It's going to involve MAILING stuff, eww.)
2. Bank Account (I'm paralyzed with indecision here cause I'm sick of B of A but I think changing my name might still be easier than canceling all 3 of my accounts with them)
3. My UW account( and Husky card, etc.) This is bad b/c I signed up for my class after being married, but I knew that I was still in the UW system with my maiden name so I thought it would just be easier.
4. My email address - honestly I don't know if I will ever change this.
5. ?? Who knows... Amazon account, that type of thing, I'm sure I'm forgetting other things.

PS. All of you successfully-married-and-new-last-named ladies out there are free to call me a giant whiner. You are clearly way more organized and on top of your sh** than I am, good job! :) Men, you are not allowed to call me a whiner.