Stumpknocker
Senior Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2003
- Messages
- 774
This is really my life! <br /><br />Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated <br />Attention Deficit Disorder. <br /><br />This is how it manifests: <br /><br />I decide to wash my car. <br /><br />As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on <br />the hall table. <br /><br />I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. <br /><br />I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the <br />trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is <br />full. <br /><br />So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out <br />the trash first. <br /><br />But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I <br />take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. <br /><br />I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only <br />one check left <br /><br />My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk <br />where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking. <br /><br />I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the <br />Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. <br /><br />I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put <br />it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. <br /><br />As I head toward the kitchen with the coke a vase of flowers on <br />the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. <br /><br />I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading <br />glasses that I've been searching for all morning. <br /><br />I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going <br />to water the flowers. <br /><br />I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container <br />with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. <br /><br />Someone left it on the kitchen table. <br /><br />I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be <br />looking for the remote, but I won't remember that it's on <br />the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where <br />it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. <br /><br />I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on <br />the floor. <br /><br />So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels <br />and wipe up the spill. <br /><br />Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was <br />planning to do. <br /><br />At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't <br />paid, there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, the <br />flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my <br />checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, <br />and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. <br /><br />Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm <br />really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm <br />really tired. <br /><br />I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some <br />help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail. <br /><br />Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you <br />know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent <br /><br />Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming! <br /><br />GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. <br />GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. <br />LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!
