Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

Do you know that there is such thing as "A. A. A. D. D." - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder? .

This is how it manifests:

You decide to wash the car. As you start toward the garage, you notice that there is mail on the hall table. You decide to go through the mail before you wash the car. You lay the car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full. So, you decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash first.

But then you think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. You take the checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left. The extra checks are in the desk in the study, so you go to the desk where you find the can of Coke that you had been drinking. You're going to look for the checks, but first you need to push the Coke aside so that you don't accidentally knock it over. You see that the Coke is getting
warm, and you decide you should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As you head toward the kitchen with the coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches your eye--they need to be watered. You set the Coke down on the counter, and discover the reading glasses that you've been searching for all morning. You decide you better put them back on the desk, but first you're going to water the flowers. You 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. You realize that
tonight when you go to watch TV, you'll be looking for the remote, but you won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so you decide to put it back where it belongs, but first you'll water the flowers.

You splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, you set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then you head down the hall trying to remember what you were 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 aren't watered, there is still only one check in the checkbook, you can't find the remote, you can't find your glasses, and you don't remember what you did with the car keys. Then when you try to figure out why nothing got done all day, you'll really be baffled because you know you were busy all day long, and you're really tired. Then you'll realize this is a serious problem, and you'll try to get some help for it, but first you'll check your e-mail.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC