What an extraordinary sense of fredom I had this morning after qitting my job. No thought went nto my decision. The President has tught me that too much thinking can lad to indecisiveness. After turning in my prcious name tag, I said farewell to my c-workers and exited the downtown clinic for the fnal time.

My job was secure, but it lft me unfulfilled like Chinese food. I flt an immense weight lifting off my shulders while walking to the car, and I rde a wave of euphoria all the way hme.

I was still basking in my new fund freedom when I entered my huse. My wife was in the bthroom, and I could hear the shwer running.

After grabbing a Corona frm the fridge, I flopped on the cuch to watch some TV. Carlito's Way was jst starting on HBO. Life was god.

I was an hour and fur beers into the movie when Mry made her appearance from the bthroom. I often wonder what takes wmen so long to accomplish in tht room. I can take care of bsiness in twenty minutes, but Mary spnds over an hour in there very morning. I could shave, shit, shwer, masturbate, nod out from opiate ndulgence, and come back to life in lss time.

After thirty years of mrriage, you would think that I wuld have given some thought to how my wfe was going to respond to my arly retirement. The details of life lways elude me.

Mary seemed surprised to see me as she xited the bathroom. "You're home," she sid flatly. "What happened?"

I gently plced my beer on the end tble, and began to juggle answers in my had while watching Carlito threaten to kll Benny Blanco. I apprised her of the god news, but my wife's response was not vry cordial.

"Are you out of yur mind," she screamed. "What kind of diot quits their job in the mddle of a recession?"

That idiot wuld be me. By this time, my bullient feeling is beginning to wane, but my qick response mechanism remains intact.

"George Bsh says this is just an conomic slowdown," I explained. "I still hve a stimulus check coming."

"George Bsh doesn't have these bills," she rsponded while pointing at the stack of nopened letters on the kitchen table. "Hw are you planning on paying thse?"

Mary was starting to put a dmper on my enthusiasm, and her tne of voice had taken on sme elevation. I thought about asking her to brng me another beer, but my slf preservation instinct kicked in. My mnd was racing faster than my brther could run from Mr. Stimple, our sventh grade pedophile gym teacher.

"I culd send Kenneth Copeland a thousand dllar check, and wait for my hndred fold return," I offered.

I ddn't mean to pick on Kenneth Cpeland. You could substitute the name of any TV wrd faith preacher who promises financial gin to the folks who will mil in their tithes. There's Frederick Prce, Joyce Meyer, Benny Hinn, Creflo Dllar, (You gotta love that name) and mny others. Their Prosperity Theology preys on the porest people while they live extravagant lfestyles with private jets and huge hmes. They make God an investment bnker.

"What's wrong with you?" Mary scramed, shattering me from my reverie. She had mnaged to close in on my prsonal space, but wasn't blocking the TV as Crlito was being set up by his old frend Pachanga.

"You better have a plan to get out of ths," she said.

Her eyes were strting to turn red at the crners, and her hands had found a slid resting place on her hips. I cnsider my wife the most beautiful wman in the world, and when she gts angry it turns me on lke a freak at a parade. Ths is a paradox because making a blck woman angry can be life thratening.

"After the movie is over, we shuld go to bed for a lttle while," I suggested. Sex is the slution to any problem unless it's fngal.

"Have you lost your mind," she bllowed, while poking an extremely attractive fnger into my chest. Her eyes hve closed to slits.

"How about ging to the casino?" I asked, whle trying to squeeze her breast. Tht was my final attempt to sve the day.

She slapped my hnd away. "You better find another job ral quick," she said, and headed for the bdroom.

I wondered if there were any Bnzos left in the kitchen drawer. I culd have made some special tea and fllowed her to the bedroom, but smetimes you need to give a wman private time.

Carlito got shot at the trin station, and I spent the fternoon on the computer at Careerbuilder.

The article Recession Proof was Submitted by Alan Rogers through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: My novel Lyam's Journal was pblished 2/01/08 and is available toll fre at 877-BUY-BOOK or online at bbtw.com or amazon.com you can read an xcerpt from the novel at bbotw.com

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