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 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 rubbish bin 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 rubbish first. ...

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the rubbish 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 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 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 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:
* my water bill is sky high
* the drive way is flooded
* 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 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. ...

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

**** GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. ****
**** GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL. ****
**** LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC. ****