I used to pretend I was a local radio station giving her weather and headlines, then a link to an upbeat song on Spotify.
"Good morning, thanks for tuning into 107.7 WNDY The Breeze. It's currently 6 minutes after the hour rolling into the morning rush. Sunshine today, high of 75/low of 58. Chance of rain this afternoon, mostly cloudy til then. In headline news, Mitch McConnell booed off stage, details at the bottom of the hour. For now, to get you out the door, let's get this block of commercial free radio going with Backstreet Boys, I want it that way."
