Well, my wait is....partly over? Just got an email! Applied June 26th, expired end of August, finally today Jan 7th got the "sign up for an interview"--of course, there are no interviews available at SeaTac and my next international flight gets in at most an hour before their interview-on-arrival location closes, (the next closest appointment is in Blaine...the day after I get back from that trip?) but....at least there's finally movement!