A. A. A. D. D.

[cookiejar]

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.

 

P.S. I just remembered, I LEFT THE WATER RUNNING

[WiccadStargazer]

Hey I have days like this! I'm only 31, so it's just going to get worse

[PoGo]

Hey, I just found the name for my condition!...A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

[Jewlzm]

LOL that would definatly be me.. now where was that coke? On the counter somewhere next to the remote?

[zzelle]

very funny

[mommato3boys]

Somebody has been peeking in my windows. You have just described my day.

[Nett]

Now add the kids in on this and mix well. YOU GOT IT!!