FOR THOSE WHO ARE GETTING OLDER
THIS IS MY LIFE!
A.A.A.D.D.
KNOW THE SYMPTOMS!
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
Thank goodness there’s a name for this disorder.
This is how it manifests:
I decided to water my garden. 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 mailbox 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 cheque book off the table, and see there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques ar in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I’d been drinking.
I’m going to look for my cheques, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don’t accidently knock it over.
The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cool.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye — they need water.
I put the Pepsi 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 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 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 Pepsi 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 care keys.
Then when I 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 check my e-mail….
Do me a favour tell everyone you know about this because I don’t remember who the hell I’ve told.
Don’t laugh — if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming !!!
Sounds like my kinda day….called multitasking…..but never really getting anywhere…….might as well throw in the towel and get off out for the day……that is if you can find the towel of course. Good Blog Tanie and sooooo true. xx
haha starlette just my kind off day…thank you.x
What towel Star???? Oh you mean the one I put down to fix the flowers, just before I popped my glasses on the bathroom vanity (where I never keep them!!)…lol – could go on, but think we all get the idea…. good blog Tania – and oh so true – sadly….lol
it is so true Lina ..LOL
Typical, thank you for sharing
Thank you Beatrice.
sounds a lot like me that but im just forgetful nice post anne xx
Thanks jack so good to see you online.
Excellent blog Tania. You need to go professional if you haven’t yet.
haha professional at what Frankie? forgetfulness? I really do not write these bogs but thank you…Ann
it’s so nice to know i’m not alone…lol..i’ve always wondered why it seems i’ve been busy but not accomplished anything..it can be hard to keep my atten … oh look at that birdie..ohh my window needs washing..where did i leave the …oh dear i forgot to wash my…oh i better put these dishes…oh drat i dropped and broke one..now where is my…oh drat..i’m going to go take a ..take a..nap!!…i’m going to take a nap!!
haha kat you should have done this Thank you ….Ann
Love it ann lol, good to have a laugh at ourselves xxx
Oh, I laugh at myself all the time Skippy, better than crying haha xxx
Oh my Gosh….. This is me over and over again!!!! I am going to copy this and keep it around, so when people ask me what I did all day I’ll have the right answer!!!!!!!! Laughed all the way through it!!! Love ya Tania!!!! xx
hahaha You are as bad as me then Blush ..love ya Girl xxx
OMG! thank you, I thought something was wrong with me!! this is so me!!!! now I can laugh!!!
Oh, we all do it maggiess just have a laugh …Ann
This is me too and every day I mumble to myself that I will have to get my glasses stapled to my head because I can never remember where I have left them, until I start the merry-go-round and eventually find them. Great blog ann xox
I know the routine foreveryoung thank you xoxox