Bitter Disappointment

Katie's class is taking a field trip to Como zoo on the last day of school and she begged me to sign up to be a chaperone.  She was so psyched to have me coming with her class and couldn't wait to show me to her friends. But today Melanie brought home a paper inviting me to the 5th Grade Graduation at school on the same date and time.  Obviously the graduation is a big deal for Mel, so I will definitely be there, and that means no zoo.  Just broke the news to Katie and she absolutely lost it.  Threw herself on the floor, writhing in agony/hysteria.  "NO! NO! This can't be happening! This can't be happening to me! I'm gonna die! I just wanna die!!" and such.  Poor Melanie burst into tears and fled to her room to get away from Katie's screaming.  I left Kate rolling on the floor and went to comfort Melanie.  She was hurt that Katie always seems to have things her way and doesn't care about anything that's important to Melanie.   Hurt that there should even be any question of my not attending her graduation.  She definitely gets the short end of the stick a lot of the time when we have to cater to Kate's needs and she is such a trooper for dealing with it as well as she does.  I let her know there was no way I'd miss her graduation and that I am very proud of her.