KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.

Somehow I feel better even though I have it!!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.


Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

This is how it manifests:

I decide to
water my garden.

As I turn on
the hose in the driveway,
I look over at my car and
decide it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the
garbage can under the table,
and notice that the can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the
garbage first.

But then I think,
since I'm going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the garbage anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table,
and see that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks,
but first I need to push the Pepsi aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The Pepsi is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the
refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Pepsi on the counter and
discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning.
I decide I better put them back on my desk,
but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and
suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,
I'll be looking for the remote,
but I won't remember that it's
on the kitchen table,
so I decide to put it back in
the den where it belongs,
but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers,
but quite a bit of it spills on
the floor.
So, I set the remote back on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill.
Then, I head down the hall trying to
remember what I was planning to do.

At the end
of the day
the car
isn't washed

the bills
aren't paid

there is a
warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter

the flowers
don't have enough water,

there is
still only 1 check in my check book,

I can't find
the remote,

I can't find
my glasses,

and I don't
remember what I did with the car keys.

Then, when I
try to figure out why nothing got done today,
I'm really baffled because I
know I was busy all darn day,
and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem,
and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail....

Do me a favor.

Please give this message to
everyone you know,
because I don't remember who
the heck I've already sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!