HAVE YOU GOT AAADD?

KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better,even though I have it!!

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 one 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
Diet Coke I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to
put the Diet 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 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.
Send this message to everyone you know, because I
don't remember who I've sent it to.

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

[adapted from an email the great Sandini sent me]