04-02-2010, 08:18 PM
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A.a.a.d.d
AAADDKNOW THE SYMPTOMS! PLEASE READ!
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 hall table that I picked up 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 rubbish bin under the table, and notice that the bin is full.
I decide to put the bills back
on the table and take out the rubbish first.
But then I think,
since I'm going to pass the bills when I take out the rubbish anyway,I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my cheque book off the table,
and see that there is only one cheque left.
My extra cheques are in my desk in the study,
so I go to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking.
I'm going to look for my cheques,
but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The Pepsi is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye--they need water.
I put the Pepsi 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 worktop,
fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
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 in the lounge 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 warm can of Pepsi sitting on the worktop
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 freakin 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....
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
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