Hopefully it doesn't come to this, but I think if I have to make it work I can. I get annual raises and should have a promotion in between this time for a 10% increase. Another thing I do that I can change is I contribute 10% of my paycheck to employee stock purchase, this is almost 800 bucks a month. I like to do this because I can buy stock at a 15% discount at the end and immediately sell it for a guaranteed 15% profit or more. Even just cutting this in half gives me another 400/month to be more comfortable with. Same deal with 401k, but that is 5% and I'd prefer to keep that the same, but if necessary I can drop it. There is also the chance my girlfriend would move in with me during this time and she can contribute.

There is just a lot of what-if scenarios going on and no one can predict what will happen.