Yep, more water!

So we discovered that our lovely AC unit is leaking into the garage. I guess there is an overflow pipe (or some other technical jargon) that leads right to the floor of our garage. I suppose there is a reason for this, but this seems like a less-than-brilliant design that would allow you to totally flood your garage (especially considering they could have run that pipe right into our utility sink that is located 6 inches away).

I first noticed a tiny bit of water a couple of weeks ago when Al was away. It seemed innocent enough so I (stupidly) left it alone. It ruined a few boxes when the next day I noticed it had leaked some more. My neighbor (who was currently having the same problem) cut the pipe so that we could at least fit a bucket underneath it to collect the water. It only filled a bit of water a day for a while there, but in the past few days it's been filling a 5-gallon bucket in less than 24hours! Well, yesterday (while I had been researching heating/air companies) the neighbor's landlord was out flushing out his unit and showed Al how to do the same. A whole bunch of debris came out of the pipe outside, and lo and behold, there has not been a drop of water in the garage bucket for 24 hours! Yipee! So keep your fingers crossed that this was the issue. Heck, the AC unit still seems to be working, so for now I'm a happy camper. In the meantime I suppose we should probably have someone "professional" take a look at it though.

So, after the flushing pipe incident Tyler took a brief siesta and then it was off to Lithia Springs for the late afternoon/evening. We stopped at Subway and picked up some dinner and were able to enjoy a nice little "picnic" at the beach. It was packed, but we still had a good time. Tyler had a ball catching minnows with Al (meaning that Al caught minnows and put them in containers for Tyler).