A.a.a.d.d.

[Synthaholic]

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 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 back on 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 where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking.



I'm going to look for my checks, 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 counter catches my eye--they need water.


I put the Pepsi on the counter and 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 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 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 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 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....