Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

 

 

This is how it manifests:

 

I decide to water my garden, as it has not rained for one week. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decided my car needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the porch table that I put there from the mailbox earlier. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

 

I put my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the wastebin under the table, and notice that the wastebin is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and empty the wastebin first.

 

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox at the end of the driveway, when I empty the wastebin, I may as well pay the bills first.
I take my chequebook off the table, and see that there is only one cheque left. My extra chequebook is 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 realize the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the fridge to keep it cold.

 

As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye - Hmmmm 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 jug with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.
I realize 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.

 

I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. So, I put 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 driveway is flooded

 

the car isn't washed,

 

the bills aren't paid,

 

there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,

 

there is still only one cheque in my chequebook,

 

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 long, and I'm 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, will you? Forward this message to someone you know, because I don't remember who I have sent it to.

 

Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

  

(Taken from the QMB - Talk Amongst Yourselves, but thought those who don't have access to the QMB might like to read it).