Juulie, all you can do is learn from this experience and try to never let it happen again. I doubt there's a veteran official anywhere that hasn't done things early in their career that they later regretted. I know that I have. I truly believe that the only way to learn how to respond to such situations is to make a few mistakes along the way, own up to them and learn from them. Did you make some mistakes? Yes. Could it happen again? It could but I doubt that it will. Did you learn anything from it? Probably but only you know for sure.
Don't beat yourself up over it.
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