Live Sports Are Back -- Big.

 So other than the Dolphins, who seem as lost as ever, local sports are back and doing well. My Canes won their first game and are in the Top 20, which seems a bit much, since their opponent was a small school, but we get to see how good they are Saturday night against Louisville, a fellow Top 20 team.

The Marlins, a very young bunch with the MLB's best dietitian, are still in the playoff hunt. It'd be great if they made it -- first time in 17 years.

But the biggest story is the Heat, supposedly in a rebuilding year, and in the Eastern Finals. They remain underdogs, and last night was the first game against the Celtics. And to me, at least, it was a top 5 game I've ever watched.

The Heat trailed for most of it, but kept fighting back. The star, Jimmy Butler, bullied his way to go ahead, and in OT the Celts seemed about to tie, too, but Bam Adabayo executed a block for the ages against a sure dunk. It was something to see. The Heat won, and seem like they may be destined to go all the way.

D2 and Jonathan went nuts. Jonathan LOVES the Heat. Honestly, I'm a bandwagon guy, but the bandwagon is great this year. 

All I know is, it's been a wonderful diversion -- and a winning team really energizes a city.

This am, I passed Evan, the County Attorney, and Alex, the departing UM Med doc. Both stopped me to talk about the Heat. It was nice to discuss something other than the plague for a change.

Meanwhile, it's been otherwise a nice, quiet week. Monday's Zoom was a lot of fun. Tomorrow Wifey and I plan to decamp to D1 and Joey's, so our lady Miriam can clean the house. I'll bring lunch, of course, and we'll get to push our grandson in the new swing Joey installed on an ancient live oak tree in the back yard.

Game 2 of the Eastern Finals is tomorrow night, and that ought to be fun.

Friday's Zoom promises to be a good one. Dr. Barry will be coming off a stressful week in the ICU, and likely much in need of adult beverage therapy. And we're expecting a new addition: Nicole.

Nicole was D1's "work wife" when both were pediatric dietitians at JMH. She's a beautiful and delightful young woman. After D1 left to form her own company, Nicole left for a very high paying job as a trouble shooter for an infant formula company. She moved to Orlando, since she has to cover the whole state. 

Nicole texted the other day. She's engaged to a nice young doctor who works at Palmer Children's Hospital, and wants us to meet him. D1 told her about our Zoom happy hours -- could she join? Of course -- I sent her the link, and I look forward to meeting her new guy, and catching up with Nicole. I promise not to let the young NICU doc and Barry talk business...

So the days of COVID move along. We're fortunate in how we've been able to deal with them.

Saturday we'll celebrate Rosh Hashanah -- Jewish New Year. We'll raise our glasses to another year hopefully with all of us inscribed in the Book of Life. It's all we can hope for...