Do You Have 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:
I decide to wash my car.
As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail
on the hall table.
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
trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can
is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out
the trash first.
But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox
when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills
first.
I take my checkbook 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 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 splash some water on the flowers, but most 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 aren't watered, there is still
only one check in my checkbook, 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!
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