CDbException: What does this mean? This just happened, but just one time. Any idea why?

CDbException
CDbCommand failed to execute the SQL statement: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2013 Lost connection to MySQL server during query. The SQL statement executed was: SELECT id, groupId, name, handle, context, instructions, translatable, type, settings FROM craft_fields WHERE context = :context ORDER BY name. Bound with :context='global' (/Users/johndoe/Desktop/Projects/websitetest/craft/app/framework/db/CDbCommand.php:543)
0 /Users/johndoe/Desktop/Projects/websitetest/craft/app/framework/db/CDbCommand.php(396): CDbCommand-&gt;queryInternal('fetchAll', Array, Array)
... (large, not relevant stack trace)
30 {main}
Looks like it is failing in local development on a Mac. My experience with native MySQL on OS X 10.9.3 is that the MySQL server just stops working once every few weeks, and I have to restart it. Since it's only occasional and I don't use it for anything really critical, I just live with the restarts.