KNOW THE SYMPOTMS...PLEASE READ!

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 Pepsi I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so
that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it
cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye--they need water.

I put the Pepsi 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's a warm
can of Pepsi sitting on the counter the flowers don't have enough water, there's
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 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 I've sent it to.

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