Joon

So I arrived about 35 minutes before my appointment time at the Seattle office. Had a bit of a wait in line to get checked in. Took about 15 minutes. Once checked in I went upstairs to the waiting area. My appointment was for 11, and at about 11:05 I got called back for my interview.
 
The guy interviewing seemed a bit of a hardass. I tried to be pleasant, asked how his day was going, and he didn't care for it. Down to business. 
 
Before we started reviewing my application I was told that the next available oath ceremony was July 4th. I asked about the same-day ceremonies I had read about. He told me that they happen, but today's was full and that the earlier appointments will usually be able to do it (7am-9am). But for me, my option was take the July 4th ceremony (actually a very nice ceremony done outdoors by the Space Needle every 4th of July) or request a different time and they'd assign me one that was next available. No further information.
 
We start to review my application. Next hiccup; I had requested a name change with my application. He told me they didn't do it there. I'd need to do it on my own with a judge, as anyone else would do. Fair enough.
 
We went through the application. It was all pretty serious but fast moving. We get to the yes/no portion of the application. I have outstanding federal taxes. I showed him the documentation I had (tax returns and payment plans, etc) showing that it was being taken care of. He seemed satisfied.
 
The test portion was predicable and easy. 6 out of 6 on the civics. English tests obviously weren't a problem.
 
He informed me that he was going to approve my application but only because I had provided the tax documentation. He had planned to on not approving before I supplied that. But I suppose that's the point of these interviews, right?
 
Provided me with a document saying that he was recommending my application be approved (but I'm a little concerned about the wording) and gave me details for the 4th of July oath ceremony.
 
He's still in a bad mood at this point. Ushers me out. 
 
Mixed emotions at this point. Grumpy agent was a bit of a downer but not the end of the world. Pretty disappointed I didn't get my oath ceremony today. From what I had been reading it seemed like everyone going through the Seattle office does their oath the same day. All I'v got instead is an N-652 form that isn't in any way signed or stamped, and contains the phrase:
 
I didn't even realize there was another step after this? I thought the interview was to check things over, get it all stamped and done? In my mind, I had thought it would be all over today. But from reading this thing it sounds like I'm not even officially approved yet.
 
I've also got an N-445 (Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony) form with the time, date, and location, which maybe negates the "IF" on the other form? I don't know.
 
Is this standard? My gut tells me they are delaying the oath because they plan to hit me with an RFE that they didn't want to talk to me about, for whatever reason. But I might just be paranoid? 
 
All in all, relieved it got approved. Bummed I've still got more to do before I'm a citizen. 

We called in this morning and they said it had been sent yesterday! 2 weeks to the day.