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>Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D.
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>Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
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>This is how it develops:
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>I decide to water my garden.
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>As I turn on the hose, I look over at my car and decide my car needs
>washing.
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>As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch
>table that I brought up from the mailbox earlier.
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>I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
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>I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the garbage can
>under the table, and notice that the can is full.
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>So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage
>first.
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>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.
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>I take my checkbook 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
>study to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.
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>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. I see that the Coke is getting
>warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
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>As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the
>counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.
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>I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that
>I've been searching for all morning.
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>I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water
>the flowers.
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>I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water
>and suddenly I spot the TV remoteB Someone left it on the kitchen table.
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>I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will 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.
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>I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the
>floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and
>wipe up the spill.
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>Then, I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
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>At the end of the day:
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>----the car isn't washed,
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>----the bills aren't paid,
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>----there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
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>----the flowers don't have enough water,
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>----there is still only 1 check in my check book,
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>----I can't find the remote,
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>----I can't find my glasses,
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>----and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know,
>because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.
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>Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
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>GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
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>GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
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>LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC.
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>AGE AND MATURITY ARE NOT NECESSARILY RELATED.
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>P.S I just remembered.
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>I LEFT THE WATER RUNNING IN THE DRIVEWAY!