Visa troubles

Today I finally got a hold of the Consulate General of Spain, in Toronto. I was hoping to be able to get some reassurance about my visa, since I am supposed to leave in 9 days and they still haven't sent my visa! Since I had to submit my passport for the visa application, that means I don't even have my passport back yet! I'm getting a little stressed out, but the Consulate said there's still time. Basically they are waiting for final approval from the Spanish government before they can stamp my passport and mail it back to me. I definitely wasn't expecting this to happen, especially sinec I applied for the visa at the beginning of July, and the Consulate keeps reassuring me that it shouldn't take longer than a month, but I'm starting to wonder if I'll be flying out on August 30th after all...