Spring '09 Semester Over!

YEAH, today was my last physiology class! I pulled off an A by the skin of my teeth! This got me wondering what "by the skin of my teeth" means. After all, I did learn in Anatomy that our teeth don't have skin :-). So here is what I found by Googling it:

"The source of the phrase "by the skin of one's teeth" is indeed the Book of Job, although the precise phrase Job used was "My bone cleaveth to my skin, and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth" (not "by"). Just what the "skin" of one's teeth might be is a bit unclear, but it probably refers to the thin porcelain exterior of the tooth, not the gums. Job evidently kept his teeth, but just barely. It is also possible that he was saying that the margin of his escape was as narrow as the "skin" of a tooth is shallow -- the equivalent of a "hair's breadth." In any case, Job clearly meant that he'd had a very hard time of it, and the phrase has been used ever since to mean a very narrow or arduous escape."

Anyway, I am SO glad the semester is over. That was a tough class and having pregnancy brain (which is real by the way for those friends that have never had it) didn't help the situation. I can't tell you how frustrating it was to not be able to recall the answer on a test, but it hit you 3 hours later at home! I know you don't have to have pregnancy brain for this to happen, but it happens more often when you do.

Well, I'd like to have a drink to wind down the semester, but that's not possible...rats! So I still feel a little stressed and revved up. Hopefully it will die down soon. In a few weeks, off to pathophysiology....fun!