Chucky Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 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 chequebook off the table and see that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques 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 cheques 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 realise 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 living room 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 cheque in my cheque 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 realise this is a serious problem and I'll try to get some help for it but first I'll quickly check my e-mail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wigg Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 A fair few of us can probably relate to this one chucky. I know I do it on a daily basis. Its called multi tasking in some circles LOL. 9/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty Posted May 20, 2010 Share Posted May 20, 2010 I have those days sometimes so I must be getting there. Thanks Chucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planedriver Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 What a load of nonsence Aunt Lily, or was it the milko who just told me that? Anyway, not to worry, i'm sure it'll come to me if I have short nap:big_grin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest studentbiggles Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 Chucky...You have just described my daily life :big_grin: Cheers Alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I realise this is a serious problem and I'll try to get some help for it but first I'll quickly check my e-mail... ... only to find the computer not responding.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrH Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 ... only to find the computer not responding.... ..and then I looked out the window, it was a lovely day so I thought I'd go & water the garden.............>>>>>> post#1i_dunno H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracktop Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 I realise this is a serious problem and I'll try to get some help for it but first I'll quickly check my e-mail... Open my email and find a couple of things that need urgent attention, and a heap of Rec Flying subscribed thread notifications. I'll just check them first before I attend to the important ones. Log in to Rec Flying and see a heap of new posts. Start to read through them, then look oh it's 9:30 :-) While I'm here I'll just see whats happening on chat. After a while they are dropping like flys on chat and I am really tied now. missed tea and got nothing done at night either so might as well go to bed and try again in the morning. In morning I decide to water my .................................... Pleased to know what the cause is - now what was it called A.D ?????? oh bugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Open my email and find a couple of things that need urgent attention, and a heap of Rec Flying subscribed thread notifications. I'll just check them first before I attend to the important ones. Log in to Rec Flying and see a heap of new posts. Start to read through them, then look oh it's 9:30 :-) While I'm here I'll just see whats happening on chat. After a while they are dropping like flys on chat and I am really tied now. missed tea and got nothing done at night either so might as well go to bed and try again in the morning. In morning I decide to water my .................................... So when were you spying on me?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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