Fifty to Zero, stepping off the treadmill of teaching for awhile

It's truly bizarre to go from full-time teaching to stay-at-home mom.

To go from working about 50 hours a week to zero,

To go from the constant classroom noise and bustle of teenagers,

To the near silence of a day spent with a non-verbal child,

To go from structured days, to open-ended eternity,

To go from papers and pencils, to toys and blocks,

To go from the daily commute, to daily walks,

To go from homework, to house cleaning,

To go from test grading, to story reading,

To go from grumpy teenagers to whiny toddlers…oh, so maybe that one has stayed about the same.