My Morning Patch of Happiness

"Why are you getting so late into car?" Mom yelled as she waited long enough on the driveway in the morning to get to work. I stayed honest and did not want to lie. I muttered, "I was watching cartoons" half closing my eyes as I was saying it waiting for what reactions she might get on an over twenty-something grown up daughter with a company badge hanging out that says eye bee m and still watched what. "What?" she shouted.

"I need it for the day ahead. It patches me up!" I justified as if there was every right to watch it and it was even cause justified to be late. Before she could have any reactions I added, "It's only 10 minutes."

With that expression on her face I knew she wanted to see my boss at work to find out what work has turned me into. I knew she was thinking outloud about that. I was right. She said it. Half the coworkers I social with are not sane anyway. Fine. That's a lie. Just me. I guess. Seriously back in school I don't remember myself having the need to watch cartoons to survive a day, I like school. I love school when I'm out of school. What happens now?

However enjoying a short clip of Peep and the Big Wild World on TLC every morning at 8:10 am is different. It helps start my day on a cheerful note! I'm not kidding. This is the best kids show out there fun and educational on both science and values. Importantly it's not over kiddy. It has cute humour. Actually besides watching Peep, I also watch the cartoons before and after but they are far from good as Peep. Each is 10 minutes long. So when all adding up together it's not really 10 minutes as I claimed.

I always complain how kids shows/cartoons these days are ugly, violent or over acted. Barney falls into the best over acting category. I don't think I want my kids to pick up the dancing, the talking and the big nodding from the show. On a positive note, the purple dinosaur lessons are valuable ones. Barney deserves my compliments on that but please .... cut out the theatical performance in daily life. Save it for broadway or Halloween.