A.a.a.d.d

[Arletta]

I think many of us have this

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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 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 I'd 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.
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 I 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 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, 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. LOL!