Indeed, I do suffer from
AAADD
KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....
They say there's a name for this disorder.
Shoud I feel better because the disorder has a name, I don't know...
I beleive I do have most if not all the symptoms spoken here!!
And if I got myself checked up, I know I will be diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how they say 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 drink I'd been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks,
but first I need to push the drink aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The drink is getting cold,
and I pick it up before it becomes undrinkable.
As I head toward the kitchen with the drink,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye--the flowers I see need water.
I put the drink 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 an insipid cold cup of my drink sitting on the counter
the flowers don't have enough water,
there is still only one check leaf 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.
Share this message with 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
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