Tuesday, February 17, 2015

A.A.A.D.D.- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!

A.A.A.D.D.- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
 
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 s 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 inside the house 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 counter 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 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
Pepsi sitting on the counter,
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 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 I've sent it to.
 
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
P.S. I don't remember who sent it to me, so if it was you, I'm sorry.

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