Can you call the unemployment office and find out the status of your claim?? If you had severance pay, the unemployment won't start till after it runs out. Usually when you apply for unemployment, they set a hearing date. It's nothing more than a formality. Unless your former employer contests the claim, you should have no problem.

Call them and find out. At least it may give you a little peace of mind to know that the benefits will, in fact, be coming.