I knew there was a reason I bitched every day for a year and a half until my family left Alabama and moved to Texas:

With the state’s weather forecasters not delivering much-needed rain, Gov. Bob Riley on Thursday turned to a higher power. The governor issued a proclamation calling for a week of prayer for rain, beginning Saturday.

Riley encouraged Alabamians to pray “individually and in their houses of worship.”

“Throughout our history, Alabamians have turned in prayer to God to humbly ask for his blessings and to hold us steady during times of difficulty,” Riley said. “This drought is without question a time of great difficulty.”

A prepared statement included endorsements from the Alabama Farmers Federation and the Alabama Farmers Market Authority.

It could be worse, of course. They could have endorsed God for president, like Texas Republicans.

Okay, let’s be honest: I already had plenty of reasons to want to leave Alabama, but who knew I’d move to a fucked-up, ass-backwards Texas, too? I’d always expected more from the TX.