Posted by tina on October 10, 2002, at 7:59:31
I have recently been diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.,
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.This is how it goes:
I decide to wash the car; I start toward the garage and notice the mail
on the table.OK, I'm going to wash the car. But first I'm going to
go through the mail. I lay the car keys down on the
desk, discard the junk mail and I notice the trash can
is full.OK, I'll just put the bills on my desk and take the
trash out, but since I'm going to be near the mailbox anyway, I'll pay
these few bills first.Now, where is my checkbook? Oops, there's only one
check left. My extra checks are in my desk.Oh, there's the coke I was drinking. I'm going to look
for those checks. But first I need to put my coke
further away from the computer, oh maybe I'll pop it
into the fridge to keep it cold for a while.I head toward the kitchen and my flowers catch my eye, they need some
water. I set the coke on the counter and ooh oh! There are my glasses. I
was looking for them all morning! I'd better put them away first.I fill a container with water and head for the
flowerpots --aaaaaagh! Someone left the TV remote in
the kitchen. We'll never think to look in the kitchen tonight when we
want to watch television later so I'd better put it back in the family
room where it belongs.I splash some water into the pots and onto the floor,
I throw the remote onto a soft cushion on the sofa and
I head back down the hall trying to figure out what it
was I was going to do?End of Day: The car isn't washed, the bills are
unpaid, the coke is sitting on the kitchen counter,
the flowers are half watered, the checkbook still only
has one check in it and I can't seem to find my car
keys!When I try to figure out why nothing was finished
today, I'm baffled because I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY LONG!!! I realize
this is a serious condition and I'll get help, BUT FIRST I think I'll
check my e-mail...
poster:tina
thread:31002
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