Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

[Warph]

Once again I received one of those emails that goes around and around...forward, forward. Like I have said before, I get a lot of these, but every now and then one makes me laugh out loud and I have to share:

"Thank goodness there is finally a name for this disorder. I was recently diagnosed and just having a name for it makes me feel better, even though I suffer from it. It is AAADD, Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder, and this is how it manifests:

I realize I need to water my garden. As I turn on the hose outside, I look over and notice my car needs washing. I head toward the garage to get a pail and rag, passing by my porch. I see the mail on the porch table that I had brought up from the mailbox earlier, and decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys on the table, and pick up the mail. As I sort through it, tossing the junk mail in the trash can under the table, I notice the can is full. So, I put the bills back on the table, to take out the garbage first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be right by the mailbox when I take out the trash, I may as well pay the bills first. So I pick up my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. The extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk, where I see the can of diet coke I was drinking earlier. I've got to look for my checks, but first I need to put the diet coke in the refrigerator or it will get warm.

As I head toward the kitchen with my diet coke, a vase full of fresh flowers on the counter catches my eye, they need water. So I put the diet coke down on the counter, and notice my reading glasses that I was looking for all morning. I decide I better put my glasses back on my desk, but first... I've got to water the flowers. I put the glasses back down and fill a container with water, and suddenly spot the TV remote, which someone has left on the kitchen table.

I know that tonight when we go to watch TV, we 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 where it belongs, but first I've got to water these flowers. I start to pour the water in the flowers, but a bit of it spills. So I set the remote back on the table to get some paper towels and wipe up the spill.

Then, I turn and head down the hallway thinking, what was I doing? At the end of the day, the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm can of diet coke sitting on the counter, the flowers don't have enough water, there is still only one check in my checkbook, we can't find the remote, I can't find my reading glasses, and I have no idea where my car keys are. Then, as I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I am totally baffled, because I know I was busy all day! And, could someone please tell me why the driveway is flooded?

Don't laugh, if this isn't you, your day will come."

[Roma Jean Turner]

Wow!  I think I have been living my entire life this way.