Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt01869)

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 my car needs washing.
> >
> > As I start toward the garage, I notice 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 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 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.
> >
> > 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
> > 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 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 Coke sitting on the counter, the
> > flowers don't have
> > enough water, there is still only one 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 long,
> > 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, will you? Forward this message to
> > everyone you know because
> > I don't remember to whom it has been sent.
> >
> > 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

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