Thank GOD there's a name for it!!

A.A.A.D.D.

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

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

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 Pepsi I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, But first I need to push the Pepsi aside So that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The Pepsi is getting warm, And I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, A vase of flowers on the counter Catches my eye -- they need water.

I put the Pepsi 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 Pepsi 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 damn 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....

I am going to forward that to my wife, nicely done sir.

...and in between each one of those tasks you jabbed in grmotorsports.com to check new topics? Yea, I have that problem too.....

Also forwarded to the wife. Not sure that I'm old enough, but I absolutely have this.

OMFG you just described my life. Is it time for the ice floe already?

My wife definitely has it. And she is a special ed teacher.

Btw, you forgot to turn the hose off.

Sounds like a Henry Rollins story.

I'll just watch it on my ADHDTV.

aaahd otherwise known as senility

What was I reading?

Stop smoking so early in the day. It worked for me.

Ian F wrote: Btw, you forgot to turn the hose off.

I noticed that, too.

What was this thread about again?

Jerry From LA wrote: What was this thread about again?

The hereafter.

As in: I just walked into this room for something, but I can't remember what I came here after.

Oooh. I need to take out the trash.

I try to slip "drink regularly" in there somewhere. I can look at the pile of bottles in my trash and be proud that I accomplished something in the midst of my add addled day.

I tried to read it, but it was so long I had to go do something else...