OK, this is my last one for the night - then i am going to bed....as soon as I check my e-mail....


I have recently been diagnosed with AAADD: Age Activated Attention
Deficit Disorder. This is how it goes...

I decide to wash the car and start toward the garage when I notice the
mail on the table. I figure I might as well go through the mail before washing
the car. I lay my keys down on the desk, sort the mail and discard the
junk mail. As I discard the junk mail, I see that the garbage can is full. I
lay the bills down on the desk and pick up the trash can. Then I figure
that since I'll be going near the mailbox while taking out the trash, I
may as well pay these few bills first. Now where did I put my checkbook?

Ah, here it is! Oops, there's only one check left. My extra checks are in
the other room. Oh! There's the soda I was drinking earlier! Hmmm, I
guess I'd better take it out to the kitchen and discard it. On the way to the
kitchen, my flower arrangement catches my eye and I realize it needs more
water. I pour the soda down the sink. As I wipe a spot off the counter I
see my glasses on the window sill. It's about time. I've been looking for
them all morning!

I guess I'd better go put them away so I can find them again later. But
first I've got to add water to the flower arrangement... Hey! What's the
TV remote doing in the kitchen? Aaaaaagh! I'd better take it to the
living room because we'll never think to look for it in the kitchen tonight.

I take the remote out to the coffee table and find that the living room
is a bit untidy, so I go around arranging cushions and throw pillows.

Then I'm off down the hall, to... to... what the heck was I planning to
do?

End of Day: The car isn't washed, the bills are unpaid, the flowers
aren't watered, the checkbook still only has one check, and now I can't seem to
find my car keys! I don't seem to have gotten anything done today, but I
just can't figure out why because I KNOW I WAS BUSY ALL DAY LONG!!!

I realize this is a serious condition and that I'd better seek help. But
first, I think I'll check my e-mail...