2005-12-02

As My World Turns

As I read this I have to laugh but at some parts I have to shake my head. Some of it sounds awfully familiar. Bless the maker of post-it notes.

   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 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 I'd 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. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to 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 water.

  I put the Coke 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 I 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 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, 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 the hexx I've sent it to.

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

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