A.A.A.D.D.. Know The Symptoms!

Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
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 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 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 Pepsi 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....

Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it to.

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

:::looking for the webcam::: you've beeen spying on me, haven't you? LOL

Dee,

that is too funny BUT too real. I honestly deal with that every day. My Mom for years would watch me and just shake her head in bewilderment.  I even take meds and it's still bad sometimes.

Thanks for the FUN side of it. Truly makes folks wonder! ' )

 LOL Dee.......I think you have been watching me !!!   LOL   Getting older is the pitts !!!!


Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian

NEVER let it be said you forget anything...  I'm exhausted just thinking about you were able to recite that much detail.

Impressive!

I SO NEEDED THIS  - THIS MORNING !!   

OH MY GOD! You're describing my life! I knew it was getting more severe when I would go to a room knowing I was there for a reason.  I'd think about it a minute and forget so I figure I'll remember later.  I leave the room and then I remember.  By the time I get back to the room I forget again.  REALLY??? I think I'm going to have to use my voice recorder on my phone but that's only if I remember that I recorded it.....