Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated > > Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the
hall table. 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 trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is
full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first. But then I
think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well
pay the bills first. I take my checkbook 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 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 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. 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 kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs,
but first I'll water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but most 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 aren't watered, there is still only one check in my
checkbook, 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. 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 youself is Therapeutic!
