I used to watch Bloomberg TV in the mornings so I would know what was happening in the markets, etc., and because the morning shows are too chatty for me. 

My morning routine has been up-ended as of late because my son is still on vacation and barrels into our room in the mornings to watch cartoons.  We settle into “Phineas and Ferb”.  POB (partner of blogger) brings me coffee (how did I get so lucky?) and I cuddle with my little baby-soon-to-be-a-tweener (who will thereafter never let me hug him again, but for now, it is a little bit of heaven).  And I am in a good mood for the rest of the day.  (But I do run very late for work.)

Today, my son slept until after 9am, which is an unprecedented late hour.  I, however, was watching “Phineas and Ferb” since 8:30am because the show just by itself puts me in a good mood.  Cuddling with my son makes it a little bit of heaven, but the cartoon is really funny. 

The references to the “Love Boat” and other things of the 1970s and 80s as well as the comments from the mother (“yes, dear, I have a few minutes before my bladder bursts like a water balloon”) are hilarious.  And the kids are good natured and nothing bad ever happens and there is no real violence, etc. Ok, there is some suspension of reality needed — there is a platypus named Perry who is also a secret agent and his nemesis is Heinz Doofenschmirtz. 

So, forget the Dow Industrial Average and Bloomberg News in the mornings.  I am tuning into my pals Phineas and Ferb.