Does anyone else out there live week to week like I do?

[lunatica]

48. My money runs out mid month

I still pay a mortgage and taxes and the Homeowners Association which takes up 2/3 of my salary. The rest pretty much goes for food for two people and two dogs. And I'm one of the lucky ones who was laid off and fortunately rehired. I did have to go through a bankruptcy and near foreclosure after my mother died and her income stopped. I was able to get a mortgage loan modification so I could keep the condo so I pay less than I would if I rented. I live in the SF Bay Area and work in administration at UC Berkeley.

But I can't deal too much with those extra unexpected expenses like someone busting my passenger side window. But I own the car so that's good. I just tape up the window with see through plastic, and drive only when necessary. Gas is too high to do otherwise. Paying things like car registration puts me even further in the hole, but thankfully that only happens once a year.