Been There, Done That

This came in my morning email. Someone was following me today!

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 my car needs washing.

..... As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. .... I decide to go through th! e mail before I wash the car.

.... I lay my car keys down 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 1 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 Coke that I had been drinking.

.... I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

...! . As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye -- they need to be watered.

.... I set the Coke down on the counter, and I 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 I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen
table.

.... I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will 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 down 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 Coke 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 long, and I'm really tired.

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

GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY ! GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL. LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC