> AAADD - KNOW THE SYMPTOMS . . . PLEASE READ!

[dagwood]

> AAADD - KNOW THE SYMPTOMS . . . PLEASE READ!
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> 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:
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> I decide to water my garden.
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> As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
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> As I start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier.
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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 on the table, put the junk mail in the rubbish bin under the table, and notice that the bin is full.
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> 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 cheque left.
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> My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the cup of coffee I'd been drinking.
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> I'm going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the coffee aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.
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> The coffee is getting cold, and I decide to make another cup.
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> As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye - they need water.
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> I put the coffee on the counter and 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 spot the TV remote. Someone had left it on the kitchen table.
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> 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.
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> I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
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> So, I set the remote back 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:
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> The car isn't washed
> The bills aren't paid
> There is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the counter The flowers don't have enough water, There is still only 1 cheque 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 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 . . .
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> Do me a favour.
> Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who the heck I've sent it to.
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> Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
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