Chapter 13 dismissal question

[SinkingFast]

Thanks all for your input. Once I settled down a little bit I realized that at the very least the trustee is saving me a stamp and a trip to the bank to get that money order every month. I'm still pissed that she didn't notify me though.

By the way, I am on a 100% payback plan, so that's why I never told the trustee about my increase in pay. We're only paying for 36 months and can't shorten the amount of time we pay, so there you go.

Oh yeah 35k sounds like a lot, but I live in California and pay #1500 for 800 sq ft of living space.

Thanks again to all who helped me simmer down and not do anything stupid.

$35K isn't much any where at all these days, much less in California or New York.

In the midwest $500/month will pay for a 700 sq ft, 1BR apt in a relatively new building. Taxes on gasoline, groceries, everything is lower too. The overall cost of living is just lower in fly-over country than on either coast.

Hubby's job pays pretty much the same no matter where we would live in the country. New York, LA, Florida, or PoDunk Middle America. Pay is the same. What does vary is the cost of living. We couldn't make it at all if we lived any where but middle America.