A. A. A. D. D. – Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests itself:

I was going to water my garden.

As I turned on the hose in the driveway, I looked over at my car and noticed it needed to be washed. 

Walking toward the garage to get the car-washing supplies, I saw the mail on the porch table that I had brought up from the mail box earlier.

I decided to go through the mail before I washed the car.

I put my car keys down on the table, threw the junk mail in the garbage can under the table, and noticed the can was full.

I put the bills back on the table and so I could empty the garbage first.

But since I was going to be near the mailbox when I took out the garbage anyway, I wanted to pay the one bill right away.

I took my check book off the table, and noticed I had no checks left. My new checks are in my desk in the study, so I went inside the house to my desk where I found a can of Coke that I had been drinking.

I was looking for the box of checks, but first I had to push the Coke aside so that I didn't accidentally knock it over. It was getting warm so I went to pop it in the fridge.

As I headed toward the kitchen with the Coke, the vase of flowers on the counter caught my eye– they needed watering.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discovered my reading glasses -which I had been searching for all morning. I decided to put them on the desk where they belong, but wanted to water those flowers first.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, went to fill the container with water and suddenly I spotted the TV remote. I was exasperated that some one had left it on the kitchen table. I realized that tonight, when we go to watch TV, I would be madly searching for the remote, but knew I wouldn't remember that it was on the kitchen table, so I decided to put it back in the family room where it belongs, as soon as I was finished watering the flowers.

I got too much water in the vase and accidentally spilled on the floor as I was putting them back. So, I set the remote back on the table, to go get towels for wiping up the floor.  I headed down the hall and forgot what I was going for…

At the end of the day :

• the car wasn't washed,
• the bill wasn't paid,
• there was a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
• the flowers didn't have enough water,
• there were still no checks in my checkbook,
• I couldn't find the remote,
• I have no idea where to find my reading glasses,
• and I don't remember what in the word I did with the car keys!

  I can't figure out why I didn't get anything done today? I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.

  This is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it, but first -I'll check my e-mail.

Blessings, Jeanie

P.S.  I just walked outside and some one left the water running in the driveway!
 

NOTE TO SELF: 

Growing older is mandatory.
Growing up is optional.
Laughing at yourself is therapeutic .