broken plans

I hate it when I lay out my plans perfectly but get screwed over by others. Today was supposed to be a nice jam-packed day of three different events -- lunch with the girls, a quick drop-in at piedmont open gym (plus picking up Trevor at the lightrail at 4pm), and drive Diane to Stockton while doing a photoshoot with Eric at the wind pass (leave open gym at 5ish, allow half an hour for Mama to supply Diane with food, pick up Eric at his apartment, commence driving to Stockton at 6ish, and get to the wind pass around 7pm--perfect lighting with half an hour to spare). Lunch with Thannie and Jen went perfectly. Trevor and Truman decided not to go to open gym, so that sucked but was no biggie. Diane and i got a little held up before going to open gym because we had to stop at Mikey's, but that was fine. Then I practically had to drag Diane out of the gym because she didn't want to leave, even though I told her many times beforehand that we had to leave at 5:15. Then I planned for us to leave the house at 5:40, leaving plenty of padding time for Diane to shower and for Mama to finish preparing food for Diane. THEN Mama decided to come along to make sure that we're driving okay. I tried to talk her out of it, but she said that I was being selfish (if Mama came along, Eric would not come, so there goes the photoshoot). I called Eric and asked if he still wanted to go; understandably, he didn't. It's 6:30, Mama decided not to go after all, and Diane and Papa just left. We would probably have gotten to the wind pass at 7:30, which is right when the sun sets and definitely isn't enough time for photoshooting.

I mean, I understand that even the best-laid plans go awry, but I can't help feeling so disappointed. I was definitely looking forward to this photoshoot. Sigh, I need some retail therapy. very sad :(