So I go this email from a friend this morning (thanks Louisa) and it made me laugh so hard that I had to pass it along to you. I am sure that YOU do not ever feel like this...but I for sure have days like this a little too often.
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 t he garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my check book off the table,
and see that there is only 1 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 I'd 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.
The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to
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 water.
I put the Coke 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 Coke 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 stinkin' 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.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming
