a common condition!

Do You Have A.A.A.D.D.?

Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decide to wash my car.
� As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on the hall table.
� I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
� I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the waste bin under the table, and notice that the waste bin is full.
� So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the bin out first.
� But then I think, since I'm going to be near the post box when I take out the rubbish anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.
� I take my cheque book 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 to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had 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.
� I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should 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 to be watered.
� I set the Coke down on the counter, and I 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's left it on the kitchen table.
� I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will 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 lounge where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.
� I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor.
� So, I set the remote back down 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 aren't watered, there is still only one 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 day long, 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 favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who I've sent it to.
� Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

 

Its me too, just didn't realise what it was called, or maybe I did but forgot? anyway, glad somone else takes the remote in the kitchen when making a cuppa or something..puts it down and looks all over for it later! very well written MD it gave me a chuckle :D

 

A.A.A.D.D. eh?

It's nice to put a name to a familiar face. :rolleyes:

 

Can't claim to be responsible, Steve - like a lot of other stuff, it came off another forum but it creased me so, I couldn't wait to share it with y'all!!

 

Oh that struck a chord - thanks. The number of times I have started to do something and then got distracted, and found myself in odd situations - like taking the teapot upstairs and wondered what the heck!

 

Doesn't bear thinking about Nathan!

 

Oooh Nathan - looks baaaad!

 

Its a bit freaky innit?!I tend to put stuff in the bin.First im cleaning the kitchen floor,then im washing the dog bowls,then im bathing the dog,then i wanna clean the bath but cant find the multi-surface cleaner that i washed the floor with so i start the tea then i put the rubbish in the bin and then i see the bottle of dettol so i clean the bath then i burn the tea.Its a bit of a standing joke in our house.

 

Ever done the forgetful swops?

Toffee in bin, wrapper in your mouth
bread in fridge, butter in bread bin

Ever waited ages for the tea to mash then poured out clear water after forgetting to put tea in the pot

 

Oh my - Nathan thats bad :D Lucky indeed that it stayed put. I recall when I was about your age my brother allowed me to drive his rally ford mexico (bright green, roll cage, cbs, decals the lot) to the pub for a drink before lunch. Well I was his navigator - got to the pub, left the car - on way to pub, realised I had left the keys in the car with the engine running. Needless to say that was in the days when you locked the car, by pushing the door knob down, and slamed the door. I will not repeat what my brother called me - but it took an hour to get into the darn thing and turn the engine off - twas running just a tad hot :(

[ 08. December 2005, 05:22 PM: Message edited by: Fran ]

 

Imagine getting up one winter Monday morning and creeping around the house so as not to wake up the wife and kids,making the usual packed lunch for work and hot flask. Jump into the van,drive to work and get my gear out ready to start,walk into the site office to sign in and be greeted by the foreman with"Thought you were off this week mate"?.............A.A.A.D.D...mmmmmm!!

 

I did it the other way round Paladin

After getting towards the end of a week and a half off for xmas I was walking around the shops in town with my better half about ten in the morning when my mobile rang......where are you......up town looking around the shops why?......we start back today!!

I could have swore it was tuesday we started back :D

 

I went to my slimming club tonight (lost 3�½lbs BTW!) and this oldish lady (gotta be careful, my sister is watching!) was saying how though she's got bad knees she still makes herself walk up the stairs to which her friend put 'but you've got a stair lift'. Answer: 'oh yes, I use that to take the laundry upstairs!'

Good for her - that's what I say!

[ 08. December 2005, 11:11 PM: Message edited by: michaelmasdaisy ]