Sarah and Joey re-write:

Joey sat down to the supper they had prepared and they played. The way they liked to play;
"How was work honey?" Sarah prompted him like an actress reading a script.
"Tough, my boss is riding me to get a project done..." the charade stops as they erupt in laughter. The mockery was over, their lives continued. The truth is that Joey quit his job. Sarah had already quit hers too, but not of necessity.

It didn't take long for two clean-minded people to realize that the best source of energy isn't something you can burn, buy, collect, save or earn. Humans. The Matrix was right, humans are where the real energy is. To grow and raise food, to clean and build and burn; requires backpower combined with knowledge and experience.

Before the wars were out of control, the two spent one night a week at the library doing research on living and learning applicable trades. There are endless resources online and lots of ancient books from workshop dads who love nothing more than their wives, but if they did it would be there hobby of woodworking, or solar power, etc etc.

So Joey quit his job. He didn't care, it's not like he truly loved it.

(no more time tonight)