AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS

[Old Dog]

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.

Somehow I feel better,even though I have it!!



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 Coke I'd been drinking.



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 also spill some 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 damn 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....

 

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[Minnie]

...And then the next morning you realize you left the hose on all night.

 

[Old Dog]

LOL

You got it too?

OD

 

[SC_hunter]

I got it 3...LOL

 

[Old Dog]

Been a long time my friend.
Good to catch you

Thom

 

[Minnie]

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

Oh, I gotta go... I smell something burning