Robin1
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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 my car needs washing.
>
> As I start toward the garage, I notice 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 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 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
>realize 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 pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit 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 driveway is flooded
> the car isn't washed,
> the bills aren't paid,
> there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
> there is still only one 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.
>
> 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!
>
> 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 my car needs washing.
>
> As I start toward the garage, I notice 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 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 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
>realize 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 pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit 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 driveway is flooded
> the car isn't washed,
> the bills aren't paid,
> there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
> there is still only one 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.
>
> 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!
>
