A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

A.A.A.D.D.
 Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

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 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....  Do me a favor.  Forward this message to everyone you know,  Because I don't remember who I've sent it to.  Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming! P.S. I don't remember who sent it to me,  so if it was you, I'm sorry!

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