AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS
Aug 29, 2007 10:09:23 GMT -5
Post by 🍁 CDN 🍁 on Aug 29, 2007 10:09:23 GMT -5
>This is so me!!!
>
>
>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 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 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 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 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 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. 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!!
>
>
>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 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 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 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 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 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. 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!!
