(Does this sound familiar??)

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 my car needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there
is 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 down on the table, set aside the bills,
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 1 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 Coke that I had been drinking.
 
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. I see that the Coke is getting
warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator
to keep it cold.
 
As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase
of flowers on the counter catches my eye - 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
container 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 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 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: 
 
1. The car isn't washed  
2. The bills aren't paid  
3. There is a warm can of Ginger Ale sitting on the
   counter (and I swear I was drinking a Coke)  
4. The flowers don't have enough water  
5. There is still only 1 check in my check book  
6. I can't find the remote  
7. I can't find my glasses  
8. 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 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, will you?  Can you pass this on
because I don't remember to whom it has been sent. 
 
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!! 
 
What Goes Around Comes Around!