I agree, give yourself as much wiggle room as possible. I didnt expect to not be paid for over a month and thankfully DH civilian job had one last pay check coming, so it got us through the month, but Im still worried about Jan, as you would say.. we now have no wiggle room left

So lets just cross our fingers, they dont take too long and you guys have enough, and be happy you have some, that is a definite plus right now!