Bummed out and frustrated

I just talked to my sister in-law a while ago. I am pretty bummed out and frustrated right now when she told me that my youngest brother dropped his class. He didn't want to go back to school. He cannot take that he got four failing midterm grades. I can't believe how coward he is. In the first place, I already told him not take Chemical Engineering because that is a very hard course. He didn't listen to me. Now, he doesn't want to pursue it. The thing is, he wasted money and time. This is an indication that he is spoiled. I think my mom spoiled him. Now, he wants out because he couldn't bear the burden. I told him that I'm not going to support him anymore in his studies. I'm tired and fed up with him. He doesn't listen to me so I might as well stop supporting him. I hope this situation will teach him something. Or I hope he learns from his mistake.

Should I go to the Philippines or not?

Should I go to the Philippines or not? I'm having a dilemma right now. I really don't like the idea of leaving my husband for a couple of weeks at home. I would terribly miss him if I decided to visit my parents in P.I. I miss my parents and haven't seen them for almost five years now. I guess, it's about the time to see them again. They live in the other side of the world and thousand miles away from me. I was thinking that I should take this opportunity while we can still afford to buy the plane ticket. It's just going to be me and my little guy to fly to the P.I. I was planning on staying at my parents' house when I get there. I would also like to stay in Cebu City for a few days and meet up my old friends. Then, visit my brother in Balamban. Well, let's see and I need to renew my passport. 

Teeth grinding

Do you grind your teeth every night? Actually, I grind my teeth every night. It's really annoying when I forget to put my night guard on. My jaw hurts in the morning and I get a headache

Teeth grinding is also known as  bruxism. It is a condition, which is caused by the reflex chewing activity, which controlled by higher control in the brain. During sleep the reflex part is active, while the higher control is inactive, resulting in bruxism.” So, it just occurs during sleep. It is believed that it is caused by abnormal bite, or abnormal alignment of teeth, stress, anxiety, anger, or frustration.

Teeth grinding, however, can cause serious complications such as deafness, backache, reduce ability to open and close the mouth, difficulty in chewing, jaw pain, face pain or headache. So, if you grind your teeth every night, you better consult your dentist about it and get yourself a night guard.

Fun camping

It's so nice to get out of the house for two days. We, as a family, went camping on my birthday. It was such a wonderful birthday celebration. We all had fun. We went camping for two days. The place was nice except for the bathrooms, which didn't have any hand soap. I guess, you have to bring your own soap. Our tent works really great and provides us shelter. We got a Coleman Tent for less than $50 at Costco. It works really great. It's very easy to set up and take down. I wish we could go camping again before the winter season comes.

Stress

Stress is part of life. It's one of the inevitable things in life. What is stress? Stress is something that we seem to have become too much. Anything that acts a challenge  to our welfare is a stress.

When stress controls our mental, spiritual and physical well being, absolutely, they are not good. That’s a bad sign!

When we are under stress, some biological issues happen. The blood pressure rises, digestive system cannot function properly, heart and pulse rate rises, muscles becomes tense, lack of interest, sleeplessness, immune system goes weak, rapid breathing and the like.

Like I said, stress is part of life, but we can minimize them. We cannot avoid it, then  you are in denial. Right? Don’t you know that life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it? That’s a quote by Charles Swindoll. We cannot control over the things that happens to us. Like for example, there’s a heavy traffic on the freeway. We cannot control over this situation. And that’s only 10% of our life. When you are under stress, bring your senses to the rescue. Slow down and think and decide on how to act clearly.