You're fine. It happens. If you made a mistake, claimed you didn't, and they found out about your cover-up you are NORMAL. If you made a mistake, genuinely thought you didn't and were disproved STILL NORMAL. This is life. You will get through this.

People who say they haven't gone through this yet are either expert fudgers or too young for you, hunny.

Let's get to crackin' on your email acknowledging your mistake so you can sleep tonight :)

Work through this to-do list:

• [ ] I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M APOLOGIZING FOR THE OUTCOME AND MY INTENTIONS ARE MOOT

~YES~

• [ ] This is the mistake I made: Be clear. This is about what you did, not what someone else did.

• [ ] Did I try to cover it up or did I genuinely think I didn't make a mistake? What was my cover-up if applies? Or, what did I truly think happened before I was disproved?

• [ ] My mistake affected these people in these departments:

• [ ] Did I throw anyone under the bus?

• [ ] This is how I'm going to be better moving forward:

• [ ] This is what I'll do instead of making this mistake:

Fast acknowledgement time:

• I made a relatively small mistake. I have a good relationship with these people and honestly didn't know I made this mistake. This is my first time doing this.