Land of the Lost -- waiting on the 171 H

So today I switched my blog to this blog because I guess I didn't like the other blog. This blog thing has been a learning curve for me. Seems like everybody is doing it. Everybody's friends are doing it. So I am doing it. It is funny how you use these things to entertain yourself when you are waiting....and waiting......and waiting. Waiting on a little piece of paper that is the catalyst for all that is to come next. Waiting on this darn thing is getting me depressed. I mean really, you can work, work, work to get everything done and then you have complete loss of power. My homestudy was forwarded to the New Orleans office about a month ago. I have emailed them on multiple occasions to see if they recieved it (after reading horror stories about that happening). They don't email me back. Not one tiny word. I have called the main USCIS number and they say that they do not have access to that information. My only solution to check on it is to drive 3.5 hours to New Orleans and check myself in person. Ughhhh. I do have a job to keep, you know people! So, I am just waiting, but for some reason I am not feeling confident that it will ever come. There could be a problem and I would never know. What do others do about this????? I am a checker. I like to check on things and then double check. This whole thing is messing with my core personalty! And meanwhile, back at the ranch, my documents are silently aging........and no botox can bring them back!

The other issue is my homestudy license expires in Dec. so I will need a letter from the DHS lady stating that they are in good standing and blah blah. Still waiting. If the letter won't suffice, I may have to hold my dossier (that is if I get my 171 back) until the first of the year.
I know there will be setbacks, but I at least like to know that things are progressing.
right now.......nothing is progressing. I guess it is obvious, that lately, I have felt a little frustrated. I look forward to the day I send my dossier in and maybe then will I feel that this may really happen for us. I have not lost hope yet.