A.A.A.D.D.

 

I'm sure some of you can relate, and those that can't, well, this might explain why we are the way we are.

 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 upthe 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!