AAADD Does this only happen to me?
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 mailbox 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 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 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 kitch en 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 b etter 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 real ly 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 I have sent it.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
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 mailbox 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 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 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 kitch en 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 b etter 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 real ly 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 I have sent it.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
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UHH! WHAT?[;)] 0 -
Welcome to my life!!![B)] 0 -
No, you are not the only one this happens to. [:0] 0 -
No, you're not the only one. You and pickenup. You and pickenup are the only ones. [:D] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
No, you're not the only one. You and pickenup. You and pickenup are the only ones. [:D]
That makes me feel way better!!
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The good news is that you were able to compose a clever post. However if you cut and pasted it from somewhere else, then it won't really matter, since you are on to something else.
This response is from a guy who has lost his wallet three times in less than six months. Last time I was at DMV, the clerk says, "Back again?" with a chuckle.0 -
Sounds as normal as a bowel movement, thanks for a chance to chuckle at myself[:D] 0 -
Pretty much describes my normal day, except that I never find the damn remote. 0 -
Hell do you no my WIFE[:)][:)][:)] 0 -
[:D][:D][:D] Sent it on to all my friends with AAADD 0 -
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wait tell you get to this point,you start out to wash
your car get half way there and say what the H### was I going
to do.0 -
quote:Originally posted by moonshine
wait tell you get to this point,you start out to wash
your car get half way there and say what the H### was I going
to do.
Especially when you suddenly remember you don't even own a car [:(]0 -
[:D][:D][:D]Just another weekend day at my house. 0 -
...yep, welcome to my world...[;)] 
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How bout' talking on your cell phone,reaching down to your belt where you normally carry it,relize it's not there and say"Crap,I forgot my phone at home,I'll call you back after I get it".Hang up turn around and head for home.I would'a went all the way back if my freind would'nt have called me back. This is really a sad topic 0 -
stop following me and quit watching what I do on my own time![:0] 0 -
Or, go out from a store and look for your truck before you realize that you drove a car.....or, run into somebody that you worked with for 10 years and don't have the slightest idea what his name is...both things that I did earlier this evening....but, I didn't lose my new wallet 0 -
[:D][:D][:D]I actually understood all of that.[:D][:D][:D] 0 -
I just remembered.....I left a Coke somewhere....I'll be back in a sec!!! 0 -
And not one of you mentioned your wife reminded you of all this.[:D] 0 -
Sounds like you're not getting enough sleep. Allergy meds will do that to you as well. 0
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