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The Joys of Being Old - Pamela - 01-11-2007
What is so sad is this really is how my days go, at least the weekends!!
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 1 check
left.
My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house t! o
my desk where I find the can of Coke I'd 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.
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 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 Coke sitting on the co unter
-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 damn 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
The Joys of Being Old - Bartender - 01-11-2007
Wow, that really sucks.
The Joys of Being Old - L4E - 01-11-2007
lol thats funny. strangely reminds me of how my day at school goes.. :S
The Joys of Being Old - kurups - 01-11-2007
Hahaha, and these are the joys I get to look forward to.
The Joys of Being Old - BewarethePhoenix - 01-11-2007
Haha. That sounds a lot like me. Is that really a form of A.D.D. cuz if so then I can finally blame my crappy memory and piss poor organizational skills on a medical condition!? Now where the hell did i leave my hat...and where am I going anyway?
The Joys of Being Old - Pamela - 01-11-2007
LOL I dunno ...bu it IS actually like some of my days.Did any of you ever walk into a room and then go *Holy crap...what did I come in here for?* I know I have.
The Joys of Being Old - AngelOfSin - 01-12-2007
Yeah I'lll do that but when you forget jsut go back to where you were before...I do that and then I remember what I went there for. (oh but you have to walk back and forth which sucks
)
The Joys of Being Old - Blue - 01-17-2007
i heard this before
The Joys of Being Old - Nex - 01-17-2007
he he he laugh: and i have walked into rooms or opened the fridge for no reason at all and go wow wtf did i do that for ?