A.A.A.D.D.

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Cathlete
Have You ever had a day like this ?

A.A.A.D.D. (Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder).

This is how it manifests: I decide to water my lawn. 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 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 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 living room 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 lawn isn't watered, the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, the flowers don't have enough water, there is still only one check in my check book, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, I don't remember what I did with the car keys, and my neighbor called to tell me he turned off the hose that was flooding the driveway. 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.
 
Unfortunately this sounds all toooo familiar! I was on my way to empty the dryer when I felt the urge to get on the computer. Enough saidx(
 
Another one here who can relate. My kids have to remind me all the time what I set out to do in the first place, like get them something to drink or eat. :) . Very funny.

Lea
 
You will not going to believe what I am going to tell you!

I was making a piece of toast in my toaster oven and decided to check out Cathe while I was waiting...I kid you not the piece of toast caught on fire as I am reading this post!!!!! My house smells like smoke now! It was BAD! Anyway how sad that I am admitting this to you all but I thought it was too funny that this would happen right now.
Sarah
 
Wow, that really describes the way I am...how scary!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe that is why I can't remember things...too busy???? lol. Thanks for the laugh!!

Charlotte~~
 
Thank you for the great laugh. I can so relate and I am also in my early 30's. My really big problem is that this computer seems to be on the way to everything. So I am just going to check in, and, bam and hour later here I still am.
 

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