How hard is it to keep a commitment?

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We were going to have a baking day. It was such a simple thing, and we'd been planning it for a couple of weeks. I asked my neighbor when the best time was, when she'd be feeling good enough to hang out. Now, my neighbor is a sweet person and my partner and I both love her family. On weekdays she's sharp, bright, fun to be with. On weekends about half the time it seems she's scooped her brain out with a melon baller. That's why I asked. We were going to get together, I was going to show her how to bake bread, starting around 11, and make some cookies too, to share around with the neighbors. We'd talked about it at work, had it all planned out. This morning at 10:15 she said she needed coffee and a shower then she'd be over. 11 came. 11:30. I asked her if she was feeling okay. She said she needed unsalted butter. I shrugged, went to the store, got some along with a couple extra pans, came back, told her I had it. Nothing. They left for parts unknown, came back. No call, no text, no tap on the door. By this time I had two and a half dozen dark chocolate/white chocolate macadamia nut cookies out of the oven and had made white frosting plus four colors of cookie paint. Nothing. So now I'm about to start the Lofthouse sugar cookie clone recipe I found, sans neighbor, and am hanging out with the partner instead. So it's not a bad day. She'll still get her can of cookies, as planned, and no hard feelings - not really - but I'll remember never, ever to trust her word on a schedule again. Not on a weekend, anyway. How hard is it, really, to keep a commitment? What's so bad about coming over at the time you said you'd come? Does this drive you nuts too? Am I alone in my ability to actually maintain a schedule and do what I said she'd do? Last thursday she said she admired my ability to actually follow through on my plans. I guess now I know why...