AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

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AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

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Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!

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 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 cup of coffee I'd been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks,
But first I need to push the Coffee aside
So that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The Coffee is getting cold,
And I decide to make another cup.
As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee,
A vase of flowers on the counter
Catches my eye--they need water.
I put the Coffee 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 cold cup of coffee 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 damn 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!!
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That's me :oops:
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Stretch wrote:That's me :oops:
Your not even 20 yet, wait till you get older.
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hotmetal1000 wrote:
Stretch wrote:That's me :oops:
Your not even 20 yet, wait till you get older.
How did you know that?
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Stretch wrote:
hotmetal1000 wrote:
Stretch wrote:That's me :oops:
Your not even 20 yet, wait till you get older.
How did you know that?
You've told us :wink:
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hotmetal1000 wrote:
You've told us :wink:
Good point :P

Still I get that feeling.
Mitch Rogers
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