A.A.A.D.D.
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 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. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't
remember who I've sent it to.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming !!!
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 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. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't
remember who I've sent it to.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming !!!
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