Friday, August 29, 2008

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS...

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 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 o n 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, 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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