No One Should Get A Day Off

So here it is, late on a Friday. Why am I still here? For one thing, I have to write this blog. But its being done at nearly the "witching hour" because this is the first time I've had a chance to do it.
Lane is gone, producer Tim is gone. All reporters and photogs are on football duty. So a/p Cody and I put the newscasts together. Usually Lane produces (organizes) the 5, I do the 6, and Tim the 10. But with them gone, its up to us. Reporters and photogs gather and write the stories, but producers put those stories in order, write transitions, edit videos. Those newscasts don't just magically happen. Its a real job to put them together. Stressful.
And we're working against the clock. When its 5:00 (or 6:00 or 10:00), the newscast starts. No waiting five minutes, or half a minute, or five seconds. But that's the fun of it too, putting all the pieces of the newscast together and working with the production department to get it on the air.
But it is very challenging when one of the members of the team is gone. Or two with Lane and Tim missing. So no one should get a day off.
(I may need to take a day or two off to recover from this.)