AAADD
Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age ActivatedAttention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, Ilook over at my car and decide my car needs washing. As I start towardthe garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that Ibrought up from the mail box earlier. I decide to go through the mailbefore I wash the car.
I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trashcan under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide toput 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 takeout the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take mycheck 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 houseto 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 Cokeaside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Cokeis getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator tokeep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke a vase offlowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.
I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glassesthat I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put themback on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.
I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container withwater and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on thekitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I willbe looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on thekitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,but first I'll water the flowers...
Now I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills onthe floor. So, I set the remote back down on the table, get sometowels 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 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 carkeys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm reallybaffled 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 forit, but first I'll check my e-mail.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, --your day is coming!
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