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 rubbish bin under the table, and notice that the bin 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 rubbish
anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my cheque book off the table and see that there is only one cheque left.
My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking
I'm going to look for my cheques but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I
don't accidentally knock it over.
The Pepsi is getting warm and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye - they need water.
I put the Pepsi 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 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 lounge where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers but most 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 Pepsi sitting on the counter,
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 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 favour.
Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember
who the hell I've sent it to.
Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
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 rubbish bin under the table, and notice that the bin 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 rubbish
anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my cheque book off the table and see that there is only one cheque left.
My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking
I'm going to look for my cheques but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I
don't accidentally knock it over.
The Pepsi is getting warm and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye - they need water.
I put the Pepsi 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 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 lounge where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
I pour some water in the flowers but most 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 Pepsi sitting on the counter,
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 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 favour.
Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember
who the hell I've sent it to.
Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
I don't like signatures, they take up too much screen space.
i'm a lost cause. my memory never was much good but is getting worse in my old age 
and i'm often misplacing stuff . now were did i leave bev ? 