To lie on the floor and howl like a 2 yr old..

[Macforme]

because for the FIRST time since my eldest was born eighteen years ago, I was going for a weekend away.. to visit old University friends who now live in Norway...no kids (I have 4) no husband, just me and two old friends...

Only to find my flight cancelled because of the Icelandic volcano! No flights tomorrow and I'm back at work on Monday

I feel pathetically fed up!! Have just dragged myself round sainsburys shopping and somehow it doesn't feel as much fun...!

Any suggestions of something fun I can do for myself!?!?!?

YADNBU
go do something nice and very expensive to treat yourself instead.....

Aw - that is really shitty. I actually feel your disappointment.

Agree with everyone else - ensure you still make the most of it and treat yourself to something that makes you feel good. Could you take yourself of on the train to a city you have never been to for shopping and a nice lunch, if DH is around and free too could you go for a night to a nice hotel in the country/by the coast or perhaps you and a friend/friends could have a night out (a meal, cinema or bar) followed by a very indulgent lie in the next day with a good book?

I hope you still get to make the most of it

Macforme, I think everyone is reading your thread title and saying "I'll just ignore the tantrum, when she calms down I will reward her with positive attention"

You must be so disappointed, I think I'd tantrum in that situation too. Maybe you should "pander" to yourself and shut yourself up with some treats? For a quiet life.

YANBU poor you

YANBU - Nothing wrong with a good tantrum once in a while, especially when you are just sooooooooo disappointed. I really feel for you.

Come over to my house!! My FIL has taken my DS away for the weekend even though their flight to Ireland was cancelled. They've decided to drive to Yorkshire instead and then possibly go on to Scotland. I'm free until Monday with no DS and they even took the dog, so I'm completely alone!