A.A.A.D.D.

[Tom Strange]

RECENTLY, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A. A . A . D . D . - Age Activated

Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests itself:

I decided to water the garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I looked over at my car and decided

my car needs washing.

As I started toward the garage, I noticed that there is 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 down 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 a can of Coke that I had 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. I see that the coke is getting

warm, and I decide I should 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 to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that

I've been searching for all morning. Then 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 I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I

realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will be looking for the

remote, but I won't remember that it's on the table, so I decide to put

it back in the den where it belong s , but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spilled 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 checkbook,

----I can't find the remote,

----I can't find my glasses,

----and I don't remember what in the world 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 long, and I'm really tired.

I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it.

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.

P.S. I just walked outside and SOMEONE LEFT THE WATER RUNNING IN THE

DRIVEWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited November 9, 2006 by Tom Strange

[Lori]

Don't feel bad....I grew up with these malfunctions....

I would get started with one thing, and then something else would catch my eye, and I was on to that!

And before I knew it, I had at least 10 things going on...

I've tried making lists....that helps...but I still do it..

I've often wondered if it's just the way I think...you know mental habit patterns of thinking...

I think it is to a point...

You know this life is complicated, especially in this day and time...Life goes speedily, and we are expected to conform with its demands...Well, I say Fuggit...I still make my lists....and I do better....I have tried not to expect so much of myself...

I've always been somewhat of a perfectionist...but now I realize I'm only human....

Tom, you're still the best...

:)

[Suda]

Tom,

Where did you find my autobiography? Can relate well to what you've posted!

Suda

[Ca_dreaming]

That describe my husband to a tee!

He says if they did all the testing that they do now he probably would have been considered to have A.D.D.

He survived childhood and life goes on.......and on........I just thought it was a guy thing. Silly me.