Congratulations to Jessica Lewis who gave birth yesterday to a healthy baby boy. Unfortunately in moving forward with her own life, the most senior full-time Evening Sun reporter will not be able to return to her duties.

It’s a strange shock coming into work on Monday, two weeks before the expected due date, and finding myself standing alone in the office. Melissa got stranded in Washington, D.C. and had to call in, Jeff scheduled the day off knowing soon we would be undermanned and Jessica went into labor. Jeff actually did come in, but it was strange having such a sudden exodus of a co-worker I’ve worked with for the past three years.

In thinking back to our time on the job, I can easily imagine it being made into a prime time reality TV series.

If we were to make a sitcom, I think some of the episodes would be titled, ‘Baby on a Shelf,’ ‘Ball Pit of Doom’ and ‘The Not-So-Anonymous Call.’