I've Been Diagnosed....

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 turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. 


As I start toward the garage,
I notice 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 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 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 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 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....



This is too funny, but oh so true!  If this was a real disease, I would have it for sure. Thankfully my husband is a very patient man and he understands that sometimes I just can't help it.  Some days are worse than others, but most every day I fight hard to overcome my A.A.A.D.D symptoms!  =)


Hopefully you aren't plagued by this dreaded disease, but if you are.........
do you have any secrets as to how to cope with it? ;)


Have a great day.....
Wendy