A.A.A.D.D.

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 it needs washing.

As I start toward the garage,I notice mail on the porch table thatI 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 garbage can under the table,and notice that the can is full.So, I decide to put the bills backon 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 one check left.

My extra checks are in my desk in the study,

so I go inside the house to my desk whereI find the can of Coke I'd 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.The Coke is getting warm ,and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke,

a vase of flowers on the countercatches my eye--they need water.

I put the Coke on the counter and discover my reading glasses thatI'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 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 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 on the table,

get some towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I head down the hall trying toremember 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 darn 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!!

( yes. I stole this from an E-mail I got.. I couldn't think of anything to write right now..lol

Have a great Weekend.. Bunches of hugs! )