Effin Volcano

So here I am ignorantly thinking that this volcano that begins with an E, has about 20 vowels and well, really, does anyone non Icelandic know how to pronounce it, wasn't going to affect my somewhat boring life too much. I wasn't stranded over there, I had no plan to go anywhere (sadly). But I am affected, or rather my son is. His birthday is Thursday and I've been told all post from England is delayed in both directions up to three weeks due to the enormous backlog of post that didn't go out. Urgh, try telling that to my four year old son when he is awaiting his new batman costume from his Uncle Chris and Auntie Emma...