Making savings last after losing my job

I have 5 months of savings and I am trying to stretch them after being let go as a marketing coordinator. I am in Knoxville, in case local advice matters. I am nervous about the credit card minimums. Did any lender work with you?

A simple budget with three columns, fixed, flexible and optional, made decisions faster.

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it 5 months ago, and it got easier once I kept a simple log of every call and form.