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FRIENDS OVER 40 ( & those getting close.)
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 lawn.
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 cheque book off the table, and see that there is only
one cheque left. My extra cheques 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 cheques, 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 realise 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 living room 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 lawn isn't watered,
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 cheque in my
cheque book, I can't find the remote, I can't find my glasses, I
don't remember what I did with the car keys, and my neighbour
called to tell me he turned off the hose that was flooding the
driveway.
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 realise this is a serious problem, and I'll try
to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail.
Laugh hard 'cuz if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC.
Notice the big print!!!
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