144 Good Things about Unemployment

144. You make a strawberry-rhubarb pie on a rainy June morning. And while the pie is cooling, you eat an ice cream cone in anticipation.
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
3 C rhubarb, peeled, cut in small pieces
2 C strawberries, cut in half
1/2 C flour
1+ C sugar
1 T butter
2 pie crusts
Combine rhubarb with flour and sugar and set aside while you prepare crusts. Line pie pan with crust. Put rhubarb in pie crust and top with strawberries. Dot with butter. Top with second crust. Bake at 425 degrees for 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 degrees. Bake until pie bubbles up, about 35-40 more minutes.

143. You don’t eat Twinkies from the office vending machine. And then feel like you need to run around the block or throw-up.

142. You no longer have to nap sitting up with your eyes open, which is the only successful accommodation when attending business meetings.

141. Nobody cares if you lose your to-do list. And you don’t either.

\\\  For Good Things numbered 131 through 140, see 140 Good Things about Unemployment posted June 3, 2010.For Good Things numbered 121 through 130, see 130 Good Things about Unemployment posted May 14, 2010.

For Good Things numbered 111 through 120, see 120 Good Things about Unemployment posted April 29, 2010.

For Good Things numbered 101 through 110, see 110 Good Things about Unemployment posted April 16, 2010.

For Good Things numbered 1 through 100, see 100 Good Things about Unemployment posted April 3, 2010. ///