A.A.A.D.D. - 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 mail box 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 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 that I had 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.... I see that the Pepsi 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 Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.... I set the Pepsi 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, 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 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 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.