Well I get paid on the third of january and then on the sixteenth of january so I must try and save some money every month to go on my trip next winter.  I think that I can save two hundred from each check so we will see if that happens.  I got to pay rent, cell phone, medication, water and electric, mom car insurance and cable bill.  So it can easily run into the thirteen hundred range from all of that plus I have to buy groceries too.  My check is only $1646 on the third and then $300 on the sixteenth so I got to make all of it float.  It can be a struggle some months but I try to not get stressed too much.  I am glad that I have this income but sometimes I like to dream and play the lottery to see if I can win a big jackpot so that it is not check to check all the time.  But money in the bank so I don't get charged for being below my $500 limit every month.  Even though it is a $5 service charge I would like to be able to one day say that I don't have to pay it any more because I can actually have the $500 in my checking account to cover that limit.  That is why I want to save my money if I can this year so we can have a fun vacation me and mom.  Well thanks for listening to me rant.  As always good luck in the lottery.-weshar75