Here is my breakdown of my expedited renewal from beginning to now:
July 27 – overnighted my passport from Maine to Philadelphia
July 29 – the tracking number had marked as arrived
July 30 – the check cleared my bank and the status showed up as processing
Aug 26 – status changed to approved
Aug 27 – status changed to shipped and they gave me UPS tracking number that says it will be delivered tomorrow (Aug 30) by 10:30 I will update tomorrow when I have it in hand. (I paid for two day shipping back to me)