I have just received this in an email. You've probably all heard it before, but for those of you who haven't, here goes:-
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> For those of us that recognise the symptoms only to well and for those of you that are younger this is a taste of what is to come.
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> I'm sure some of you can relate, and those that can't, well . . . this might explain why we are the way we are.
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> Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
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> This is how it manifests: -
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> I decide to wash my car.
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> As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table.
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> I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
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> I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the bin under the table, and notice that the bin is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the rubbish first.
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> But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
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> I take my cheque book off the table, and see that there is only one check left
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> My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.
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> 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.
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> I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
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> As I head toward the kitchen with the coke a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.
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> I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.
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> I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.
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> I set the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote.
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> Someone left it on the kitchen table.
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> 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 lounge where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
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> I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor.
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> So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.
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> Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.
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> 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 aren't watered, there is still only one check in my cheque 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Do me a favour, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember to whom it has been sent.
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> Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
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> GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
> GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
> LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!
