A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
This is how it manifests:
I decide to wash my car.
As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is
mail on the table.
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 trash can under the table, and notice that the trash
can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and
take out the trash first.
But then I think, since I'm going to be near the
mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the
bills first.
I take my checkbook 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
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 splash some water on the flowers, but most 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 aren't watered, there is still only one check
in my checkbook, 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!
This is how it manifests:
I decide to wash my car.
As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is
mail on the table.
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 trash can under the table, and notice that the trash
can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and
take out the trash first.
But then I think, since I'm going to be near the
mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the
bills first.
I take my checkbook 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
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 splash some water on the flowers, but most 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 aren't watered, there is still only one check
in my checkbook, 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!
