I Think I'm Over-Thinking Recipes

Something really, really odd has been happening to me in the last coupla days.

I have my tried and true recipes and when I make them now, I get kind of nervous or something of the like when I'm putting the thing together. Has this ever happened to anyone else??

It started the other day with the mashed 'taters. Welp, I made them again and they turned out a bit runny (again). I don't know why. I was watching how much milk I put in and really drained the 'taters and still, runny. Big bummer.

So this morning, it just seemed a country gravy and bread morning. I usually don't make any biscuits unless it's super special so that's why I used sliced bread. I decreased the amount of pepper because my batch the other day was too hot. Check. I warmed up the oil just right. Check. I whipped in the flour, salt and pepper and THAT'S when I got nervous.

All sorts of thoughts were running through my mind, such as: What if it klumps and I can't undo that? What if it's too dry? What if, what if, what if...

So I stirred in the milk and it didn't seem to be coming together like it usually does. Another moment of panic. Then, finally, I see a little bit of 'smooth' going on. Then a few big bubbles pop up and then a few more and then they were popping regularly. I stirred the usual amount of time.

Whew!! It seems that I did it right after all but, good honk, what I put myself through!! My shoulders came down (I was so uptight that my shoulders were up around my ears and I couldn't breathe, it felt like) and I heaved a big sigh of relief!!

I think I'm taking this JUUUSSSTTT a bit too seriously....

BTW, the gravy and sliced bread tasted great!