A.A.A.D.D.

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 letters that I picked up earlier, on the porch table. I decide to go  through this mail before I wash the car. 

I lay my car keys on the table,  put the junk mail in the rubbish bin 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 rubbish.  

But then I think, since I'm going  to be near the postbox when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.  I take my check book off the table, and see that there is  only 1 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. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide 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.  I put the Coke on  the table 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 where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but some of it spills on  the floor.  So, I set the remote back on the table, get some towels and  wipe up the water. 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 table, 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 I've sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is  coming!!