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 go 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 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 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 damn 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 the hell I’ve sent it to.
Don’t laugh — if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming!!