AAADD....know the symptoms ( Archived) (3)

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 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 head towards the garage I notice mail on the porch table that I
picked up from the post man 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 recycling box
under the table and notice that the recycling box is full.

So I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling
first.

But then I think "Since I'm going to be near the postbox when I take
out the recycling paper I may as well pay the bills first."

I take my cheque book off the table and notice that there is only one
cheque left.

My extra cheques are in my desk in the study
so I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the cup of coffee I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my cheques but first I need to push the coffee
aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The coffee is getting cold and I decide to make another cup.

As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee a vase of flowers on
the worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water.

I put the coffee on the worktop 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 put the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with
water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the
kitchen table.

I realise 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 decide
to put it back 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 put 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 cold cup of coffee sitting on the counter

The flowers don't have enough water,

There is still only 1 cheque in my cheque 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 damn day and I'm really tired.

I realise 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 favour. Forward this message to everyone you know because I
don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.

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

Check the mirror and see if you have written ME on your forehead.....