AAADD

I received this from a friend...and since it describes about half my day, and I thought it was rather amusing...

AAADD

KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.

 

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.  Somehow I feel better even though I have it!!  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 Pepsi I'd been drinking.

  

I'm going to look for my checks, 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 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 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 heck I've sent it to.   Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day