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 mailbox earlier.

I decide to go through the 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
checkbook 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 move the Coke so
that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the Coke is getting
warm and 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 won't remember 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 checkbook,
* I can't find the remote,
* I still 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.

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, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know,
because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.

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.

I've had a lot of days like that.

Ohhh..that"s great...
what have you been ???

farrrroooout, and to think i thought it was all due to the herb
superb, to know im not the only one with this debilitaten
disorder Rapunzel.

Yes dear Kariz...matic Man....

We know the symptoms wayyyyy too well...
I just thought that was a NORMAL day in Paradise..
Love ya...all of you
Wildfire Woodstock Woman

oh me all the way!

I know I clicked reply on here for something........hmmmmmmmm. Oh there
is my baseball cap. bye bye