Big Muddy rancher
Well-known member
> >
> >Recently, I was diagnosed with 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 hall 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
> >
>
>
> >Recently, I was diagnosed with 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 hall 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
> >
>
>