O/t.......a. A. A. D. D.
 

What were we talking about????

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 my car needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is 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 down 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 that I had 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.

I realize the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should 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 to be watered. I set the Coke down on the counter, and I 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 I spot the TV remote.

Someone left it on the kitchen table. 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.

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. Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

the driveway is flooded,

the car isn't washed,

the bills aren't paid,

there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,

there is still only one 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, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who I have sent it to.

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

wow i'm really sorry sounds like you've had a bad day.....

Sounds like my typical day. :D

Ha ha!!!!! I think only us who are 40 or older will be able to relate!!!!

Hell chachi im only 36 and I can relate lol!!!!!

Hahahaha...that is sooooo funny! I think I've got it too! Just today I was telling my neighbor I'd probably get more accomplished if I stuck to one section of the yard, but I go from place to place and keep seeing things at the next place. Thanks for sharing...LMAO!!!

Oh! You just reminded me I need to wash the car and water my flowers, thanks! :p

Are we twins seperated at birth?, things like this happen to me eveyday :)

Kate and Noah

Its like looking in a mirror!!! :rolleyes:

I have 2 kids and 3 dogs and I'm only 31 and I can totally relate.I'm pooped by the end of the day and I still have to wait till the next day to finish everything I was suppose to do today..... :confused: