A.A.A.D.D. (Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder) KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder and here 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, nnd notice that the can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills backon 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 toremember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day:
1. The car isn't washed,
2. The bills aren't paid,
3. There is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter,
4. The flowers don't have enough water,
5. There is still only 1 check in my check book,
6. I can't find the remote,
7. I can't find my glasses,
8. 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,nd I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my e-mail....
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I got this in an email this morning and thought it was hilarious and wanted to share a smile or a laugh with everyone.
Original author unknown, but whoever it was got it exactly right
take a deep breath and slow down and do one thing at a time before doing anything else.
SHub
Sounds easy and like good advice
But when things happen and they do all logic goes out the window
J F T
Exactly the point
Lilac
Always glad to share a laugh or a smile with everyone
J F T
Good plan
It's a lot like this ...SQUIRREL!
pssst...the garden needs water too.
O M
A very good movie "Up"
I loved up!
I seem to suffer from this disorder. Where do I go for help....
I am always forgetting to do stuff around here,,,, Wait what?
I seem to suffer from this disorder. Where do I go for help....
Perrie
Rest, relaxation and a good personal assistant are components of the most effective cure, or something like that I forget the details .....
That might work, if only I could remember where to find a hot enough assistant, and what to do with one when I found her.
Same here, but I have an excuse. Three little kids who wanted to go to a friend's house. Since they couldn't get out the door, which was being watched, they opened a living room window, battered through the screen and were on their way out the window when their aunt caught them.
You really wouldn't have liked the next three hours then. Longest time out I've ever seen. Every time one of them stood up or said a single word, she reset the clock.
Well, they said they had, but they always say that. This time, though, when Grandma got home, she had a little talk with them. They usually listen when she talks.