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Recently, I was diagnosed with a.a.a.d.d.-

By Cari Haus On January 27, 2009 Under Water Cooler

Recently, I was diagnosed with a.a.a.d.d. -
age activated attention deficit disorder.
This is how it manifests itself:
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 head towards the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I picked up from the mail man 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 recycling box under the table, and notice that the recycling box is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling first.
But then I think, since I’m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the recycling paper anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table, and notice 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 cup of coffee I’d been drinking.
I’m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the coffee aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.
The coffee is getting cold, and I decide to make another cup.
As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water.
I put the coffee on the worktop 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 put the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the tv remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realise 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 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 put 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 cold cup of coffee 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 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….
Please do me a favor… forward 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!!

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Kevin

February 12, 2009

Hi Carla,

I love this post, laughed out loud again, it’s me to a tee! I wish I could stay focused on something for any small length of time but find it hard! This is a very nice blog, I didn’t know about it til you told me to change your email.

Take care,
Kevin