First day back to school, but Mom didn’t insist on a picture in the front yard before I headed out. (Do all mothers do this, or was this just a quirk of my own?) We had couch surfers last night, Damien & Mary from Leeds. They only stayed one night, but we had fun anyway. They were extraordinarily grateful for dinner and a place to sleep, and were good company. They claimed to like my beer (even the questionable stuff), and made a good show of enjoying dinner. My first class was at 12:15, and the couch surfers enjoyed a…