Peggy
08-18-2007, 12:48 PM
Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
I was recently diagnosed with this disorder. Oh wait - maybe not, but I should have been!
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, so 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 put the bills back on the table so I can 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.
So, 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 I’d been drinking.
I’m going to look for my checks, but first I push the Coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over. I then notice that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide to 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 water.
I put the Coke 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 paper 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 still isn’t washed
- The bills still aren’t paid
- There is a warm can of Coke still sitting on the counter
- The flowers still 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.
When I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day, and I’m really tired. http://ohiosweetheart.com/wp-includes/images//yahoo2.gif
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. http://ohiosweetheart.com/wp-includes/images//giggle.gif
I was recently diagnosed with this disorder. Oh wait - maybe not, but I should have been!
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, so 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 put the bills back on the table so I can 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.
So, 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 I’d been drinking.
I’m going to look for my checks, but first I push the Coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over. I then notice that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide to 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 water.
I put the Coke 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 paper 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 still isn’t washed
- The bills still aren’t paid
- There is a warm can of Coke still sitting on the counter
- The flowers still 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.
When I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I’m really baffled because I know I was busy all damn day, and I’m really tired. http://ohiosweetheart.com/wp-includes/images//yahoo2.gif
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. http://ohiosweetheart.com/wp-includes/images//giggle.gif