Subject: 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:
>
> I decide 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 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 see that the Coke 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 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 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 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 can of Coke 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.
>
> Do me a favor, will you? Send this message to everyone you know, because I
> don't remember to whom it has been sent.
> Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
>
> GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY...
> GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL...
> LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!
>
....wife sent this to me,thought i would share it,man im tired!
>
> Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention
> Deficit Disorder.
>
> This is how it manifests:
>
> I decide 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 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 see that the Coke 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 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 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 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 can of Coke 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.
>
> Do me a favor, will you? Send this message to everyone you know, because I
> don't remember to whom it has been sent.
> Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
>
> GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY...
> GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL...
> LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!
>
....wife sent this to me,thought i would share it,man im tired!

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