A.A.A.D.D.

by Guest Thu May 19 2011, 20:51

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 pipe in the driveway, I glance over at my car and decide it needs washing..

As I head towards the garage, I notice the letters on the table that I picked up from the postman earlier

I decide to go through it before I wash the car

I put my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the recycling box under the table and then notice that the recycling box is full to overflowing

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

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

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

My extra cheques are in the desk in my study, so I go into 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 so I decide to make another cup

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

I put the coffee on the side and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I'd better put them back on my desk, first I'm going to water the flowers

I put the glasses back down on the table, 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 I 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 wet mess.

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 kitchen table,

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 work out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all bloody day and now 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 can't remember who the hell I've sent it to!

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