Good luck to you too. You should be able to send out your stuff in early october too, You'll be current in November and I guess it would be fine if you applied a little early. (up to 60-90 days)
New visa bulletin is out.
Rank cut-off numbers for October are:
AFRICA 9,000
Except:
Egypt 5,550
Ethiopia 7,450
Nigeria 7,450
ASIA 9,000
EUROPE 9,600
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) 1
OCEANIA 350
SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN 450
Good luck to those that are current in October. I missed the cut-off number by less than 50, but I am pleasantly surprised how high the cut-of numbers are. It seems that they are starting higher and higher every year.
Anyway, do not submit anything before October 1st.