KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!

Thank goodness there’s a name for this disorder.

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 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 the hell I’ve sent it

to.

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