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!!