Those were the days!!
Age Activated Disorder
Hi All,
Do any of you suffer with this disease?
A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests itself."
I decide to wash my car. As I start towards the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table. 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 trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full. So I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first. But then I think since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills ! first, I take my cheque book off the table and see that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of Coca cola that I had been drinking previously. I'm going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the coca cola aside so that I do not accidentally knock it over. I see that the coca cola is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head towards the kitchen with the coca cola, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye -- they need to be watered. I set the coca cola down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses down on the counter, fill a container with water, and suddenly I spot the TV remote control. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote control, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote control 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 coca cola sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, and there is still only one cheque in my cheque book. I can't find the remote control, I can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then I try and 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 and get some help for it, but first I'll check my email.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming.
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY; GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL; LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC.
