Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

February 10, 2007 at 12:11 pm | In On Aging |

I have mentioned before, that often I will think of something I need to do in another room - get there, and can’t remember why.

Well a very dear friend sent me an email this morning with a joke along those same lines. Thought I’d share it with you, since I’m sure that many of you :) have been through it before!

It’s called A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

Omigosh! I have this!!!! I knew something was wrong!

This is how it manifests:
I decided to water my garden.
As I turned on the hose in the driveway, I looked over at my car and 
decided my car needs washing.  As I started toward the garage, 
I noticed that there is 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 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 a 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. Then 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 table, so I decided 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 spilled 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 checkbook,
----I can't find the remote, 
----I can't find my glasses,
---and I don't remember what in the world 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!!!

P.S. I just walked outside and 
SOMEONE LEFT THE WATER RUNNING IN THE
 DRIVEWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feel free to share this - as I’m sure you know someone who could use a laugh.

Sandi

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