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 & 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.
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 had 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.
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,
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!!