AAADD
> >>>>KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!
> >>>>
> >>>>Thank goodness there's a name for this disorderâ¦
> >>>>Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!
> >>>>
> >>>>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 turned on the hose in the driveway, I looked over at my car and decided it needs washing.
> >>>>
> >>>>As I started toward the garage, I noticed mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.
> >>>>
> >>>>I decided 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 noticed 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 to 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.....
> >>>>
> >>>>Do me a favor
> >>>>Forward this message to everyone you know,
> >>>>because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.
> >>>>
> >>>>Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!