I took Caleb to the park before 9am, but realize that I need to go earlier...the idiots who can't/won't control their dogs were out in force. A young couple was walking what appeared to be a grossly overweight French bulldog, and it was a nasty, snarly beast. They kept standing still on the woods path, so I walked slower to not get too close. At one point they were just standing still, and we had to pass by. It went full attack mode at the end of the leash.

Houston has always had a high crime rate. My parents moved there when I was 8 years old. When I graduated high school, I left and never looked back. I can remember the 10:00 news anchor saying, "Another murder in the murder capitol of the world." there are still lots of murders, but they no longer announce it as the murder capitol of the world.