OH to be a cat

Oh to have the life of a cat!

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It's been a bit of a mess here.

Florida is well known for it's tropical climate.

Ha!

Let's call that for what it is....

we're a humid hot sweaty place.

Temps have been feeling like 100+.

So Air conditioning isn't a luxury here.

It's a necessity.

The first weekend in June I noticed that the

a/c unit wasn't exacting cooling down.

I was due for my bi-annual maintenance

(we do treat our A/C's like well oiled machines)

but I felt it couldn't wait, so I called

and got a tech to come out.

I wasn't exactly convinced this tech knew what he

was doing, but my Freon was down 3 1/2 pounds.

(10 Lb in the unit)

Obviously there was a leak.

He couldn't find it. 

So he gave me some Freon which is expensive

and left. Of course you know it all leaked out.

Called again.

Got another tech, no problem finding the leak.

But it's in the line that is under my concrete

driveway and also under a three foot concrete header in

my garage.

So, of course this tech couldn't fix that.

I tried for 2 1/2 days to talk to the installation manager

(that was the only person who could move this along)

and nothing.

Finally heard that they're coming to do another test to

see if there is any chance they can repair the leak itself

in the ground.

If not, then they have to replace the entire copper pipe 

and run in up through my attic and out the side 

exterior wall to the AC unit outside.

I have to move all of my racks in my garage so they can get

up in my attic. (Storage)

And it'll be over four figures to fix because of course this

is one of the very few things not covered by the warranty.

Worst of all it's 80+ degrees all the time in house.

I know that's not the worst thing in the world,

but me and cats don't like it one bit.

Not even with multiple fans running in nearly 

every room.

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So ends my sad tale this month of what went wrong.

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Happy Father's Day to all the cat Dads!