Da_xanadu

I have had to postpone my oath ceremony twice due to traveling on
company businesses. The third notice came as a certified mail while I
was again on a business trip and therefore was returned to ISN (in
other words I never received it except a notice saying that it was
returned to sender). Having returned from my trip and saw the notice,
I went and talked with the local INS office and was told that since I
had reschedueled twice already and that I never responded to the third
notification, they now had to return my case to the officer with whom
I had my original interview. They warned me that everything now is in
the air and that they could do nothing about it.

Has anything had experiences similar to mine or heard of similar
cases? What could be the worse end scenario here? What should I do at
this point except passive waiting?

Thanks for any suggestions and information.

Da_xanadu

PS. I used my office address for all my INS correspondences. My the
last (third) notice somehow got sent to my home address and therefore
there was no way for my office to notify me when I was on my business
travel.