{"id":1676,"date":"2025-05-30T16:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2025-05-30T21:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T21:42:28","slug":"friday-may-30th-2025-weekly-bloom-tumors-pikmin-and-cat-intrusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/friday-may-30th-2025-weekly-bloom-tumors-pikmin-and-cat-intrusions\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday May 30th 2025 Weekly Bloom: Tumors, Pikmin, and Cat Intrusions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week has been a little all over the place \u2014 like a soup with too many ingredients, but somehow still edible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, let\u2019s talk iron. I\u2019m anemic, so I\u2019ve been trying to stay consistent with supplements and healthier meals. \u201cTrying\u201d being the key word. Some days I feel too awful to eat anything, and other days, I find myself having ice cream for dinner. But there have<\/em> been bright spots: a few sit-down family dinners with soup, salad, rice, veggies, and a bit of protein. Those meals felt grounding \u2014 calm little pockets of connection in the middle of everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a flower planting challenge, second place as of today!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

On a more playful note, I started playing Pikmin Bloom<\/strong> and walking every day. I\u2019m not going to lie \u2014 getting to 5,000 steps is a real<\/em> challenge. But it\u2019s been a fun motivator, even if my flower trail is more like a wilted daisy chain at the moment. The tiny Pikmin cheering me on helps more than I expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, the big thing. The tumor. It\u2019s grown, and it\u2019s not being polite about it. I\u2019m feeling a range of not-so-fun symptoms, especially with it pressing on my Vagal nerve \u2014 cue the constant flight-or-fight response. It\u2019s like my body\u2019s stuck in a rollercoaster it didn\u2019t sign up for. Monday is the biopsy, and while they say it\u2019s probably not cancer, just a big, drama-loving tumor with its own blood supply, it\u2019s still scary. I\u2019ll be relieved to know for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was so proud of my first bunch of Pikmin! lol I worked up to level 18 this week!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And then there\u2019s the cat<\/em>. Laila\u2019s old long-haired black cat has decided my house is the neighborhood diner. It snuck in through the cat door two nights in a row. Night one: caught by Poutou, who was not<\/em> amused. Night two: I locked the door\u2026 or so I thought. Turns out the cats could come in, just not go out. The intruder was stuck inside, and every food bowl was licked clean. I think this cat is planning a long-term stay. A rehoming may be in its future \u2014 hopefully somewhere without a buffet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I woke them up from the cuddle puddle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The old man cat is happy, he’s 15 or 16 this year!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s where I\u2019m at. A mix of weird symptoms, cute video game distractions, rogue cats, and occasional lovely dinners with the people I love. It\u2019s messy. But I\u2019m still here, still walking (slowly), still blooming \u2014 sort of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greetings from Naha from Nyatcha<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Butterfly on my orange poppy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The bathroom finished up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Swash lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Swash lake bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The marsh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wild roses blooming<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Also, I started this blog in March 2022…and I thought it would be like you know, six months or a year until I gained ground on my goals but during that time so much has happened and I ended up farther away then ever from my goals (or so it feels). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week has been a little all over the place \u2014 like a soup with too many ingredients, but somehow still edible. First, let\u2019s talk iron. I\u2019m anemic, so I\u2019ve been trying to stay consistent with supplements and healthier meals. \u201cTrying\u201d being the key word. Some days I feel too awful to eat anything, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1694,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions\/1694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}