A.A.A.D.D.

KellysHeroes
By KellysHeroes

SHHHH ... I WILL TELL YOU A SECRET ... THIS IS A STORY OF THE COMING OF AGE ...

A.A.A.D.D.

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 seem to be able to remember who I have sent this to.

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

By marhabtain• 3 Sep 2008 10:56
marhabtain

It aint dementure - just put more tonic in it! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

By mjamille28• 3 Sep 2008 10:24
mjamille28

cool,... threesome...lol!!!!

By labda06• 3 Sep 2008 10:23
labda06

hahaha Kellys, why dyu wanna join??!

-------------------sshwalleleh sshwalleloh-------------

By mjamille28• 3 Sep 2008 10:22
mjamille28

lol KH.....

By KellysHeroes• 3 Sep 2008 10:20
KellysHeroes

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By mjamille28• 3 Sep 2008 08:29
mjamille28

lol labda, you are most welcome.....(same puppy eye look/batting eyelashes at the same time)

By labda06• 3 Sep 2008 08:23
labda06

mjamille, thank you (puppy eye look) I do not feel so alone now.

-------------------sshwalleleh sshwalleloh-------------

By mjamille28• 3 Sep 2008 08:20
mjamille28

lol labda, i symphatize with you..... :)

By labda06• 3 Sep 2008 08:16
labda06

mjamille, early onset of this AAADD. But I already have ADD. :( People should be more sympathetic. It's a disease just like, chocoholicism. You know? You understand right mjamille? You seem so understanding. hehe

As for someonenew, can someone bang her over the head...the day off???! no fair! And might I just add you are exhibiting serious symptoms of AAADD this morning. Yes.

:P

-------------------sshwalleleh sshwalleloh-------------

By lovinni• 3 Sep 2008 08:13
lovinni

it may take some more years to completely manifest in me...

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.  ~Charles Schulz

By mjamille28• 3 Sep 2008 08:03
mjamille28

lol, labda, is that a sign already??

By someonenew• 3 Sep 2008 07:44
someonenew

Hey guys I have a holiday today:))) Yaaaaaay!!!

I dream of a better tomorrow where Chickens can cross the Road without having their motives questioned - Unknown

By labda06• 3 Sep 2008 07:38
labda06

Kellys, funny you should say that because yesterday I was so happy to see one of the QLers (I think) at FFC but I could not remember his name.... :(((

"Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day." Melody Beattie

By brutus_ceasar• 3 Sep 2008 07:36
brutus_ceasar

HHmm.... it sound like I have the same... trying to do several things at the same time or one after the other, but nothing is finished.. (hhhmmm..... dang..........)

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Heard your wife left you,

How upset you must be.

But don't fret about it...

She moved in with me.

By britexpat• 2 Sep 2008 21:36
britexpat

Its called Procrastination.

Remember never do today what you can put off till tomoprrow..

By KellysHeroes• 2 Sep 2008 21:29
KellysHeroes

would somebody please tell me what did I post here today?

today I saw one of QLers at FFC (I think) but could not recall her name:(((

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By koolkat• 2 Sep 2008 16:55
koolkat

Kellys,were u talking about me? Lol.............

By janeyjaney• 2 Sep 2008 16:44
janeyjaney

I have this!! LOL I do!!

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By labda06• 2 Sep 2008 16:15
labda06

LOL Kellys...well you can take some comfort in the fact that I have ADD...and some day that will be me .... oh no I hope not!!! LOL

"Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day." Melody Beattie

By dragonfly212• 2 Sep 2008 14:37
dragonfly212

i know you are not well KH for long time. LOL

Everybody is right everybody is wrong, it depend where you stand

By alsboy• 2 Sep 2008 13:48
alsboy

Get me OUTTA HERE.... AAAaaaaa....!!! C'mon now... readin all tht... wudn't anyone 4get wot dey were suppose 2 do b4 readin all tht??? Its soooo long... :)

By mjamille28• 2 Sep 2008 13:45
mjamille28

lol, alsboy...you've just been diagnosed with AAADD... hahaha

By alsboy• 2 Sep 2008 13:43
alsboy

Man... readin all tht... just made me lose out on wot i was suppose 2 do b4 readin all tht :)

By KellysHeroes• 2 Sep 2008 13:34
KellysHeroes

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By KellysHeroes• 2 Sep 2008 13:33
KellysHeroes

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By mjamille28• 2 Sep 2008 13:33
mjamille28

lol.............glad im still years away to be diagnosed with that!!!

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