August 14, 2025

My first installment of the Daily Dietrich! Come along with us on the day-to-day as we adjust to our London life.

This is camp week for us. All three kids are at a summer camp. I've never had all three of them somewhere else at the same exact time.

The first day felt eerie and liberating and sad and boring. I didn't know what to do with myself, so I cleaned the toilets.

The second day I did mostly nothing.

Today, I was going to sit outside in the sun and eat my omelette, but we saw a rat on the back deck last night so I opted for indoor seating.

Weird stuff, having your kids out of the house especially when we have had the longest summer on record. The longest summer my kids will ever have after moving from a country that gets out of school in May to one that doesn't start back until September. (My middle did go for a week in July - I'll fill you in on that in an official blog post about schools).

Wow. That's all I can say about how I feel about their bravery this summer. C put on her little backpack and walked through the camp gates holding G's hand. G jumped into school like he already belonged there. R has dealt with his big emotions showing immense growth, and his camp counselor last week admired his ability to express himself. How incredible. And how lucky and I to get to be the one to guide them through this life.

This afternoon, we're going to eat some Twisters that are probably very strange looking since I'm sure they half melted then refroze last night when our refrigerator almost called it quits - love being in a rental. Thankfully it came back to life!