A.A.A.D.D.
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.- Age Activated Attention
Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests itself:
I decided 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 bottle of beer that I had
been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the
beer aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see
that the beer 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 beer, a vase of flowers
on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. I set
the beer 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, we will be looking for the remote, but
nobody will 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 bottle of beer 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.
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