Jaime Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 AAADD- 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 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 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 favour. 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starboyhull Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I have days like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Very funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 OMG! That is me!!! Especially the cans of (diet) coke!! I found 3 yesterday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Brilliant!! This is also known as CRAFT disease in it's later stages: Can't Remember A F***ing Thing. I'm defintely a candidate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 That is really funny and rather too close to describing me at the moment karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 You have just described my average day - HARD WORK BUT LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT! Is there a cure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Might explain why i found my purse in the microwave one day still haven't figured that one out yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkleeeeee Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 i lost my house keys for a whole day and found them in the bath and when i lost my car keys for a week (and i only have one set!!) i found them in my wellies!!! could have been the kids though i find cold cups of tea everywhere bcause i cant remember where i put them and i found the cordless phone in the car last week, i had been looking for it for ages!! thats really good jaime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 @ Laura! (make that 4 cans, just found another on the water butt) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 I need OH to read that. He doesn't understand how I always leave a mess and keep losing things, and yet I AM busy *nods head* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladylucan Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Thing is did the hose get turned off.????????????? That is the question xx Loved it , it was brilliant, i will def forward it on, they will think it was me.................... Thankyou for brightening up my lunchtime, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Thing is did the hose get turned off.????????????? That is the question xx Loved it , it was brilliant, i will def forward it on, they will think it was me.................... Thankyou for brightening up my lunchtime, Hose? Hose?? - was there a hose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladylucan Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 yep fraid so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. Thats a worry, I didn't see that either, the first time i read it Lesley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Oooops, that one reads a little too close to home I regularly have days like that. I always put it down to having a chaotic home with far too much stuff waiting to be done, together with an easily distracted kind of personality. Now I see that it's simply because I'm getting old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I'm not old (26), and I'm still like that Oh just replied with when I forwarded it, saying that it was just like me, I'm not sure what to make of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prongs Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 One thing at a time, before you move onto something else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carolinep Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. Thats a worry, I didn't see that either, the first time i read it Lesley! I must be gettin old, I missed the hose too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 maybe they forgot to mention that they turned it off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I did notice the hose! - I was being facetious - I did put a It all applies to me unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
