I had to reveal myself

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So, today I may have been on the verge of a meltdown. I was able to keep myself under control though.

I believe it has been a long time since I've had a true meltdown, so this one, I know was very minor.
You see, in one of my classes, we were required to hold an interview with someone about their job. I interviewed my person today. I asked her questions, very robotic, and anyways, by the time I was finished, I was pretty fed up with myself. Not only that, I was just in a really weird mood.
and then she attempted to hold a conversation with me;

Her; "So, what do you want to be when you get older?"
Me; "Oh, um...I don't know,"
Her;"Well if you had to choose today, what would it be?"
Me;"Well I..I thought about a couple things before"
(Now, I was thinking about wanting to become a trainer for service dogs, and teaching their masters to handle them, However, the interview had stressed me out and she doesn't know I am an aspie, and I did NOT want to have to get into that)
Her;"What were the things you have been thinking about?"
Me; "........................"
Her; "Um...okay, you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to"
(It was around that point when I nearly burst into tears)
Her; (Slightly concerned) are you okay?
Me; (mumble something that not even I can understand)
Well, anyways...she then offered me a German cookie, (I didn't end up eating it, I can't eat when I'm under pressure)
Anyways, I sent her an email this afternoon, explaining why I did that, yeah, I had to reveal my aspie self to her, because I probably scared her when I stopped talking...anyways, that is my experience of the day

Very nice.

Trainer for service dogs would be cool.

Hopefully she'll be understanding about it. I like the idea of training service dogs too, it sounds very rewarding.

Hey I think this kind of thing you handled really well. I had an injury recently and had to tell the ER people about my ASD and they were totally cool after that. I really appreciate understanding people.