RE: AAADD

[Jo Ann]

 
Recently, I was diagnosed with AAADD: Age Activated Attention
 Deficit Disorder.
 
 This how it manifests: I decided to wash my car. As I started
 toward the garage, I spotted the mail on the hall table. I should go
 through the mail before I wash the car.
 
 I lay the car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the rubbish bin
 under the table, and notice that the bin is full. So, I put the bills
 back on the table and take out the rubbish first. Since I m going to
 be near the mailbox when I take out the rubbish anyway, I might as
 well pay the bills first. I see my checkbook on the table, but there is
 only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study,
 so I go to my desk, where I find the bottle of juice that I had been
 drinking. I m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push
 the juice aside so that I don t accidentally knock it over. But the
 juice is getting warm, and should be put in the refrigerator to keep it
 cold.
 
 Heading toward the kitchen with the juice, a vase of flowers on the
 counter catches my eye. They need to be watered. I set the juice
 down on the counter, and find my reading glasses, for which I ve
 been searching all morning. I had 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. Tonight when we
 sit down to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody
 will remember that it s on the kitchen table. I should put it back in
 the sitting room where it belongs, but first I ll water the flowers. I
 splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor.
 So, I put the remote back down on the table, and get some towels
 to 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 bottle of juice sitting on the counter,
 * the flowers aren t watered,
 * there is still only one check in my checkbook,
 * I can t find the remote,
 * I can t find my glasses,
 * and I don t remember what I did with the car keys
 
 * I m trying to figure out why nothing got done today; It s quite
 baffling because I know I was busy all day long, and I m really tired.
 I know this is a serious problem, and I ll try to get some help for it,
 but first I ll check my e-mail.

[ShirleyT]

 Jo Ann
FEAR NOT! FOR I AM WITH YOU! [][]

[jpreiser]

 Jo Ann
wow i sure hope they pass the law to test anyone over 50 for their drivers test[]

[Jo Ann]

 Jo Ann
i am sooooo glad someone else is with me shirleyT

[ShirleyT]

 Jo Ann
now if we can only remember what it was that we set out to do! [8D]

[garym053]

 Jo Ann
Jpreiser, I can only respond- " You ll BE THERE someday you young whippersnapper!!!
 Ha, ha, ha!
 I remember when I used to think everyone over 40 was old, now I think everyone UNDER 40 is a KID!

[wiininkwe]

 Jo Ann
I m sorry, I was gonna say something really appropriate in response to this thread, but I had to get a glass of iced tea, and then I saw that the dishes hadn t been finished, and while doing them I realised that I hadn t wiped off the table yet either and.......What was I saying?
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 []

[labontefan]

 Jo Ann
Been there, done that! (I think...or at least I meant to before I got sidetracked! [])

[AustinBoston]

 Jo Ann
YES! That s it!  Finally, a diagnosis!
 
 I ve been going through this while trying to pack to move.  It can be very frustrating to work all day at packing and have accomplished nothing!
 
 Austin

[angelsmom10]

 Jo Ann
Been there, done that, got a tee shirt, but can t remember what for[][]

[NightOwl]

 Jo Ann
OH< Joann--have you been peeking in my windows?  I dont know whether to cheer because there is finally a name for this condition (sending it to all my friends of "  certain age" ) or to cry because I now know (at least for the next 5 minutes) what is wrong with me.
 
 Remember when Forrest said " Life is like a box of chocolates." ?  well, he was WRONG--it is like a bunch of dominoes that fall over before you can figure out  what the h--- you were going to do next. []

[SheBantam]

 Jo Ann
OOOHHH!! Is this a disability that I can get a pension for?? I have had this all my life, it must not be the same thing then...They used to call it loosing my head if it was not attached...
 
 Wasn t it Abby Hoffman, way back in the 60 s that said that everyone over 30 should be in an old age home??

[Jo Ann]

 Jo Ann
before the diagnosis...i thought it was because i was blonde.

[Wayfarer]

 Jo Ann
Wasn t there, didn t do it!  [8D]
 
 What?  [&:]