I lived here in Abilene, Texas for about 9 years off and on. More on than off. I really didn't mind it too much. It was very different from home and I liked the wide open apces and that this was the first place where I really was on my own to do what I wanted. I am not a big fan of being here anymore.

Tonight I was trying to leave this overtly Jesus-obsessed but seeminglyGod-forsaken town. I was scheduled for the last flight out of town, and after a somber farewell to Emma, I took the boarding passes I had printed off before going to the airport up to security to go through to my gate, and the security guy told me i needed to check in at the ticket counter. I told him I had done so before coming to the airport and he said that a flight had been canceled due to weather. I figured it would be a nuisance that would turn into a longer than expected night of traveling. Turns out they canceled my flight, and it was the last one of the night. The only one canceled today, too, and it wasn't canceled until about 45 minutes before go time. Who is the genius to make that decision? I can understand canceling an ealier flight if they have to because there would be other flights to send the passengers on; but the last flight out of town for the day? And for weather? Couldn't they just postpone things for 30 minutes until the quick-moving Texas weather had passed by the DFW airport and then gotten things back on schedule? In fact, when I was waiting for my ride to pick me back up (after getting re-scheduled for tomorrow morning), I heard the car rental people saying the they had just re-opened things in Dallas and that two empty planes had flown back to Dallas in order to have planes where they were needed for the next day. That instant, I looked at the time and saw it was 2 minutes before the scheduled departure time for my flight.

That is the laziness that is the town of Abilene. "Let's just call it off. No one can really need to fly tonight that badly, and this way we can take a longer break." I was and still am a little pissed. I have things do do in the morning, and it's not like I get much more time with Emma tonight. She had other plans tonight, anyway (hence me being on this computer). I used to like Abilene pretty well, but ever since I found a new place to call home, I can't say I miss it at all.