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 in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I head towards the garage, I notice mail on the porch 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 notice that the recycling box is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling first. But then I think, since Im going to be near the mailbox 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 that 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 Id been drinking. Im going to look for my cheques but first I need to push the coffee aside so that I dont accidentally knock it over. The coffee is getting cold, and I decide to make another cup. As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water. I put the coffee on the worktop and discover my reading glasses that Ive been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first Im going to water the flowers. I put the glasses back down on the worktop, 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, Ill be looking for the remote, but I wont remember that its on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but first Ill 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 isnt washed, The bills arent paid, There is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the kitchen work-surface, The flowers dont have enough water, There is still only 1 cheque in my cheque book, I cant find the remote, I cant find my glasses, And I dont remember what I did with the car keys. Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, Im really baffled because I know I was busy all bloody day and Im really tired. I realise this is a serious problem, and Ill try to get some help for it, but first Ill check my e-mail..... Do me a favour. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I cant remember who the hell Ive sent it to. Dont laugh - if this isnt you yet, your day is coming!
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:56:05 +0000
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