A.A.A.D.D.

Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention
Deficit Disorder.


This is how it manifests itself:



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 bring the mail inside and go through it



before I wash the car.



I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in



the garbage can 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 to



my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd 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.



The Coke is getting warm and I decide to 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 water.



I put the Coke 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

The garbage hasn't been taken out

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 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.

What did you say? :drown:

I almost finished reading this, but I need to go check on something. What that something is I don't know, but I am going to find out what it was right after I wash the dishes.
:dark:

I thought some of you could relate to this!!! I can't tell you how many times that has happened to me, though maybe not quite to such an extent.