Glad you manged to stay partially distracted. As you said: there's nothing you can do about it and it's not your fault. Being angry about it or worrying does not change anything. At least under this circumstance.

My mother also thinks that whenever something bad happens it only happens to her and I try to show her, no, other people have exactly the same problems, it's not just her. Not sure if it helps, but I try.

For example our vacation in Okinawa... everyone there had the same crappy weather :) So it's not just us who were unlucky :) Helps me center myself.