Cookie Trouble

Yesterday was not a good day for baking. Normally my chocolate chip cookies come out of the oven, round and fluffy, and with just the right amount of texture. Yesterday my cookies puddled into these flat pools of chewy, buttery, crunchy pancakes. They taste fine -- sorta like a butter cookie with chocolate chips in them. I'm pretty sure this happened because when I put the butter in the microwave to soften it, I over nuked them and the butter melted. I thought if I put the dough in the refrigerator for a bit it would solve the problem, but it didn't. And even though they look silly, they're still edible and satisfying... I'm not too disappointed.