Monday 9 November 2009

Are you AAADD? Be warned!! Many of you will encounter this disorder this term!!


AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!



Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. 
Somehow I feel better,even though I have it!! 




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 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 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 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 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.... 

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

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



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