AAADD
I have recently been diagnosed
with AAADD - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder... This is how it
goes:
I decide to wash the car. I
start toward the garage and notice the mail on the table. OK, I'm going
to wash the car...but first, I'm going to go through the mail.
I lay the car keys down on the desk, discard the junk mail...and notice
the trash can is full. OK, I'll just put the bills on the desk and take
the trash out, but since I'm going to be near the mailbox anyway, I'll
pay these few bills first.
Now where is the checkbook?
Oops...there's only one check left. My extra checks are in the desk. As
I start looking for the checks, I see the coke I was drinking sitting
on the desk...I'm going to look for those checks...
But first I need to put my coke
further away from the computer...oh, maybe I'll pop it into the fridge
to keep it cold for a while...I head toward the kitchen and the plants
catch my eye, they need some water...I set the coke on the counter and
uh oh! there's my glasses...I was looking for them all morning!
I'd better put them away first. I fill a container with water and head
for the flowerpots-Aaaaaagh! Someone left the TV remote in the kitchen.
We'll never think to look in the kitchen tonight when we want to watch
television so I'd better put it back in the family room where it
belongs.
I splash some water into the pots and onto the floor, I throw the
remote onto a soft cushion on the sofa and I head back down the hall
trying to figure out what it was I was going to do...!!??!!
End of Day:
The car isn't washed, the bills are unpaid, the coke is sitting on the
kitchen counter, flowers are half watered, the checkbook still only has
one check in it and I can't seem to find my car keys!
When I try to figure out how come nothing got done today, I'm baffled
because I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY LONG!!!
I realize this is a serious condition and I'd better get help, BUT
FIRST I think I'll check my e-mail...
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