A.A.A.D.D.- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!

A.A.A.D.D.- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.



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 it needs washing.



As I start toward the garage,

I notice 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 on the table,

put the junk mail in the rubbish bin under the table,

and notice that the bin is full.



So, I decide to put the bills back

on the table and take out the rubbish first...



But then I think,

since I'm going to be near the mailbox

When I take out the rubbish anyway,

I may as well pay the bills first.



I take my chequebook off the table,

And see that there is only one cheque left.

My extra cheques are in my desk in the study,

so I go inside the house to my desk where

I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking.



I'm going to look for my cheques,

but first I need to push the Pepsi aside

so that I don't accidentally knock it over.



The Pepsi is getting warm,

and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.



As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,

a vase of flowers on the bench

catches my eye--they need water.



I put the Pepsi on the bench and

discover my reading glasses that

I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I'd better put them back on my desk,

but first I'm going to water the flowers.



I set my glasses back down on the counter ,

fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.

Someone left it on the kitchen table.



I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV,

I'll 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 lounge where it belongs.

But first I'll water the flowers.



I pour some water in the flower vase,

but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.



So, I set the remote back 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

Pepsi sitting on the bench,

The flowers don't have enough water,

There is still only 1 cheque in my cheque 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,

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....





Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!