Post by Rhonda on May 21, 2009 5:38:18 GMT -5
AAADD
I have just been diagnosed with AAADD: Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
Here are its symptoms:
I decide to wash the car and start toward the garage when I notice the mail on the table. I figure I might as well go through the mail before washing the car. I lay my keys down on the desk, sort the mail and discard the junk mail.
As I discard the junk mail, I see that the kitchen trash can is full. I lay the bills down on the desk and pick-up the trash can. I'll be going near the mailbox while taking out the trash; I might as well pay these few bills first. Now where did I put my checkbook? Ah, there it is!
Opps, there's only one check left. My extra checks are in the other room. Oh! There's the soda I was drinking earlier! Hmmmmmmmmm...flat. I guess I'd better take it out to the kitchen and discard it.
On the way to the kitchen, my philodendron catches my eye; it needs more water. I pour the soda down the sink.
As I wipe a spot off the counter I see my glasses on the windowsill. It's about time! I've been looking for THEM all morning! I guess I'd better go put them away so I can find them again later. But first I've got to water my philodendron.
Hey! What's the TV remote doing in the kitchen by the watering can? Aaagh!
I'd better put it back in the living room; we'll never think to look for it in the kitchen tonight.
I take the remote out to the coffee table and find that the living room is a bit untidy, so I go around arranging cushions and throw pillows. Then I'm off down the hall, to...to...what the heck was I planning to do?
End of Day; The car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, the philodendron isn't watered, the checkbook still only has one check, and...I can't seem to find my car keys! I don't seem to have gotten anything done today, but I just can't figure out why because I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY LONG!!!
I realize this is a serious condition and that I'd better seek help.
But first, I think I'll check my E-mail.
I have just been diagnosed with AAADD: Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
Here are its symptoms:
I decide to wash the car and start toward the garage when I notice the mail on the table. I figure I might as well go through the mail before washing the car. I lay my keys down on the desk, sort the mail and discard the junk mail.
As I discard the junk mail, I see that the kitchen trash can is full. I lay the bills down on the desk and pick-up the trash can. I'll be going near the mailbox while taking out the trash; I might as well pay these few bills first. Now where did I put my checkbook? Ah, there it is!
Opps, there's only one check left. My extra checks are in the other room. Oh! There's the soda I was drinking earlier! Hmmmmmmmmm...flat. I guess I'd better take it out to the kitchen and discard it.
On the way to the kitchen, my philodendron catches my eye; it needs more water. I pour the soda down the sink.
As I wipe a spot off the counter I see my glasses on the windowsill. It's about time! I've been looking for THEM all morning! I guess I'd better go put them away so I can find them again later. But first I've got to water my philodendron.
Hey! What's the TV remote doing in the kitchen by the watering can? Aaagh!
I'd better put it back in the living room; we'll never think to look for it in the kitchen tonight.
I take the remote out to the coffee table and find that the living room is a bit untidy, so I go around arranging cushions and throw pillows. Then I'm off down the hall, to...to...what the heck was I planning to do?
End of Day; The car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, the philodendron isn't watered, the checkbook still only has one check, and...I can't seem to find my car keys! I don't seem to have gotten anything done today, but I just can't figure out why because I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY LONG!!!
I realize this is a serious condition and that I'd better seek help.
But first, I think I'll check my E-mail.