Sonikku wrote: Not having any food to eat at all seems like kind of an emergency. Can't you dip into the rainy day fund for food now and pay the fund back with what you normally put towards your grocery bill when the check does arrive?
Nah. I have emergency food and this is a monthly thing. Towards the ends always low and sometimes the check comes a couple days late just how SSI works. I just get annoyed when it doesn't come on the first. Rent has a grace period of 5 days. So be fine.