Ever do this?
By twmoores
@twmoores (566)
United States
November 5, 2006 11:53pm CST
Ever do this?
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
1 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 see
that
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 car isn't washed
* the bills aren't paid
* there is a warm can of Coke 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
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 to whom it has been sent.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is
coming!!
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
LAUGHING
AT YOURSELF
IS THERAPEUTIC.
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