A.A.A.D.D.

[lynn]

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 my car needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is 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 down 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

1 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 Coke that I had

been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the

Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that

the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the

refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers

on the counter catches my eye — they need to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I 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 I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the

kitchen table.

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will 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 down 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 Coke 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 long, 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, will you? Forward this message to everyone

you know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.

Don't laugh — if this isn't you yet, your day is coming.

GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS

OPTIONAL. LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC.
Author Unknown

[Michelle]

ROFL! So THAT's what's wrong with me! ;D

[Tammie]

What I want to know is................whose been watching in my house window??
;o)

[Admin]

oh no, someone is a peeping person, been looking in my house too...