Wednesdays Ramblings

My life has taken a bit of a turn since Rick's diagnosis.
Amazing how those teeny tiny little ticks can turn your world upside down.

He is over the hump. The first few weeks on meds cause die off.
That is like taking all your symptoms and a few extra and magnifying them.
He was a bear.  

Most folks when ill are quiet and want to be left alone. Or maybe that's just me.
But my big fella has to make everyone around him suffer too.
He becomes a completely different person, and not one I'm fond of.
I want to treat him like a lion - throw meat at him and run like hell in the opposite direction!

But Monday he turned a corner. He was able to stay awake past 8:30p.  He was now sleeping all night. That alone will make you a nicer person.  He wasn't nauseous the full day. 
He was feeling a bit better.  

Monday night he discovered that cannabis oil has a terrific effect on Lyme disease and Lyme co-infections. But here in VA he can't get that.  Would be better on his stomach and immune system than all these heavy antibiotics that is for sure. But now that he has felt a bit better the last two days he is optimistic that he won't need these meds more than a year. Time will tell.

He was feeling so nice on Tuesday that he surprised me with concert tickets at the Birchmere to see someone who I just love. (Hal Ketchum.)
He is a singer songwriter and while he is considered country and I have a love for all things rock 'n roll  and NOT country you wouldn't think I'd love him so. But I do.  

This was a big surprise as he just handed me the tickets and said, "we'll board the dog so we can stay out late and not worry about her and have a real date night."
I didn't say anything, I was just holding the tickets. I was actually speechless.
Then he added, "You okay? Margaret, this is a thank you for putting up with my cranky ass over the past month."  
I smiled and said, "Only 1 show?" 
That made him laugh. He knows he's been a real prick. I wish since he knows it he could control it while happening but apparently that isn't so easy for him.
I'll take it, it should be fun. It's not until August but I can't believe he found out he was here and even did this. A bit out of character for my Big Guy.

In other news.....
Did you hear that the US Patent office canceled the Washington Redskins name?
Here is what I read in Huff Post 

 "The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled six federal trademark registrations for the name "Washington Redskins" on Wednesday on the grounds that the football team’s name is “disparaging to Native Americans” and thus in violation of federal trademark laws banning offensive or disparaging language.

I feel it's about time. I can't fathom any other group tolerating this kind of treatment.

I know it's been tradition for a very long time. But I can name a few other horrific crimes/treatments to other groups of people that were just the "thing" we did in the day. The time has passed on using humans as mascots.

Play nice. Change the name. It's a football team for heaven's sake. 

It shouldn't be a racial slur or a dehumanizing of a group of people. 

Besides haven't we as a country done enough to this group of people?

Having said that; is it wrong calling them Washington Ass Clowns Bilbo ?

I see where that too is a group of people and normally fat white guys. 

So that may not be so nice either. Damn.

Just thinking out loud. Got any suggestions?