I got this in my personal email today! It is sooo me! It's scary!

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  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  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:



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.


Do me a  favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know,
because I don't  remember to whom it has been sent.


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


GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS  OPTIONAL. LAUGHING AT
OURSELF
IS THERAPEUTIC.