I rode motorcycles until the neurological symptoms forced me stop. I love to travel. I've gone river rafting in the US and abroad, including an underground river in New Zealand. I cross-stitch when the neuralgia allows and read incessantly. I love to learn new things. I hope to open my own school so I can get out from underneath the bureaucracy and teach the way I know it should be done. I approach life with passion - apathy has never been an option.