I have been diagnosed with AAADD

[Dr. Snubnose]

AAADD


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 is a warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter
the flowers don't have enough water,
there is 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!


Doc :D

[The Deacon]

Can definitely relate to that. :o :D

[stonyman]

This is good, but I cannot blame it on age just yet! :D

[tonydahose]

funny, doc :D

[v8r]

I can relate and I'm only 32 :D

[gull wing]

Oh my, you had to bring that up :) , I am there.

[Brad S.]

Well poo I'm 23 and I feel like that's... Oh a bike, ill go for a bike ride

[Fred Sanford]

That's funny as heck. I imagine as I get older this will be me more and more.

I've forwarded it onto my mom, dad, and uncle. Thanks Doc. :)

[Agent Starling]

Huh? I thought this was all normal LOL :eek: ...at any age... :rolleyes: :D

Agent Starling

[bigkahunasix]

Average day at my house.

[MacTech]

I started to read the thread, then I got distract.....

Wow, a *BLUE* car!

anyway, who likes chocolate?
dontcha just hate....stuff

now where was I...

[brandonreed2008]

I was diagnosed with ADD a long time ago. Still going :p .. I have to say it makes me a very interesting person to talk to. They gave me ritolin when I was in 6th grade and I hated it. Basically it made me really depressed and at the same time I couldn't stop moving (like shaking my leg or tapping my fingers) and I didn't talk to anybody until my freshman year even though I stopped taking it at the end of 6th grade. Stay away from that stuff! I guess it affects people differently though

[amen74]

Thanks for the laugh Doc! :p

[spyderHS08]

wow you had quite a day! .....but did you? :D lol

[Azad]

I always thought this attention deficit thing was a guy thing... No matter what their age.

[whkento]

I'm sending that one to my wife to help her understand why I never get anything done on my days off! :cool:

[thombrogan]

Good luck on remembering to send it.

Thanks for the chuckle, Doc!

[jimbo@stn24]

Can definitely relate to that. :o :D

Average day at my house.

Well that makes me feel a little better, it's not just me that has days like that. Problem is that I think I'm still a pup.

[Hannibal Lecter]

My Dear Friends,

I have WAY too many of those days anymore. I spend all day running myself ragged, and at the end of the day I am tired and nothing is accomplished.

Weird... :p

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Hannibal

[DAYWALKER]

Cripes SSifu...

I thought something was seriously wrong with you!!! I was getting worried while I clicked on this thread!!! :mad:

*sigh*...fortunately, such was not the case...initially it sounded as if...um...hang on...