AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!! Recently, I was diagnosed with Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder (A.A.A.D.D).
This is how it manifests:
This morning I decide my plants needed watering.
As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and see it badly needs washing.
As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. So 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 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, 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.
I notice that the Coke is getting warm, and so I get up to 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 water too. I put the Coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.
I think I'd better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. So 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 I'll 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!!
