AAADD

[Guest]

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....

 

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 itself:

 

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 head towards the garage, I notice post on the porch table that I picked

up from the postman earlier.

 

I decide to go through it before I wash the car.

 

I put my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the recycling box under

the table, and notice that the recycling box is full.

 

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling

first.

 

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the postbox when I take out the

recycling paper anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

 

I take my cheque book off the table and notice that there is only one cheque

left.

 

My extra cheques are in the desk in my study,

so I go into the house to my desk where

I find the cup of coffee I'd been drinking.

 

I'm going to look for my cheques 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

worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water.

 

I put the coffee on the worktop 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 put the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with water and

suddenly spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

 

I realise 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 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 put 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 kitchen work-surface

 

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 bloody day and I'm really tired.

 

I realise 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 favour. Forward this message to everyone you know, Because I can't

remember who the hell I've sent it to.

 

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

 

Adam

[dw_french]

Sounds like the story of my life.

[BikerBob]

Hi, Err what did this say? i was gonna comment but not sure what this thingy said, oh well later then....perhaps.

[Guest]

oh yes that all rings a sad bell and usually ends up with my partner coming home and saying 'what you been up to all day' and me standing like a gibbering fool saying 'er, er, er, I, I, '