AAADD

[Al V]

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 damn 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 hell I've sent it to.



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

[Kurt & Ann K.]

Al,
That is just too close for comfort!
Case in point; Ann says we've actually copied it recently, because we wanted to share it... but I don't remember. Thanks for the reminder... should that be said with sarcasm?


Kurt & Ann K.

[Des Nolan]

AMEN!

Des (only) Diane is showing symptoms, but doesn't yet qualify (or so she thinks).

[Alf S.]

Hi: That must be why 13'ers are so popular!!! Too small to get AAADD in!!!
Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie

[Gina D.]

I don't know WHAT you are talking about....

[Mary F]

I don't know WHAT you are talking about....

I do. I have early onset...

[Lisa M.]

I do. I have early onset...

I have it too! In addition, I have trouble getting through a conversation and remembering all the words. I'm told that forgetting nouns is a sign of early Alzheimer's--anyone ever hear that?

[norman and jean mulloy]

that is my entire life, i seem to have the attention span of a gnat.
and NOTHING gets done. I have more unfinished must-get-tos
jean