Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention
Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests itself:
I decide to wash my car. As I start toward to 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 that since I'm going to be near the
mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay he 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'd 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, we will be looking for
the remote, but nobody will 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 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 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 close friends you know, because I don't
remember to whom it has been sent.&n bsp; Don't laugh - if this isn't you
yet, your day is coming! ...And if I have sent this to you
before...well; now you know why you're getting it again!
