The Mountain Thymes

 While chicken soup simmers for another 30 minutes, I can either vacuum all the floors or sit and blog.   Yesterday the Kia went for its maintenance checkup plus a few things I threw in. Brakes were squeaking, the three wipers needed replacing, and I requested a good washing.  I wash it about once a week when the weather allows but the gravel road dust gets into everything.  I vacuumed the inside and wiped down the dashboard and doors, etc.  At 11 I met two neighborhood ladies at the gym yoga class which ends at noon.  I hadn't eaten since early morning and had been awake since 4:40.  Couldn't fall back asleep.  On the way to Kia Service, I stopped at So's Good Chinese for Miso soup to eat on the Kia porch while the car was being serviced.  First I sat in the TV waiting room for a few minutes until a small male child about 4 years old started talking in a high-pitched ear-piercing voice to each customer.  He talked nonstop barely ta...