I guess I am in the first stages of A.A.A.D.D.
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| Posted by: zeryx 25-Apr-2007, 04:23 PM |
| Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder This is how it develops: I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is 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 down 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 that there is only 1 cheque left. My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the study 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 I spot the TV remote. Someone 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 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 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 don't have enough water, ----there is still only 1 check in my check 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. 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. P.S I just remembered. I LEFT THE WATER RUNNING IN THE DRIVEWAY! |
| Posted by: Monarchs Own 25-Apr-2007, 11:16 PM |
| Sounds familiar - LOL Sometimes I have days like that. I start something and then something else pops in my head that I have to get done right away. I guess I am in the first stages of A.A.A.D.D. |
| Posted by: Sekhmet 25-Apr-2007, 11:36 PM |
| Oh my gods, she just described me! LOL |
| Posted by: Lady of the Loch 26-Apr-2007, 06:04 AM |
| lol, I think that could be anyone of us hahahaha |
| Posted by: sisterknight 26-Apr-2007, 06:53 AM |
holy cow!!!have you spying on me again???  |
| Posted by: haynes9 26-Apr-2007, 07:01 AM |
| My lovely wife will vouch for me that I am the poster child for A.A.A.D.D. I wonder when when can have a telethon to raise money for treatment?  |
| Posted by: valpal 59 26-Apr-2007, 07:58 AM |
Now I know what is wrong with me.  |
| Posted by: Aaediwen 26-Apr-2007, 08:14 AM | ||
You'll need to make some calls to arrange that. might as well catch up with some old friends while you're on the phone. Where'd you put your address book again? |
| Posted by: Rindy 27-Apr-2007, 09:34 AM |
| LOL zeryx!!! I too found out I had this disorder!! Slainte |
| Posted by: oldraven 27-Apr-2007, 10:02 AM |
| My ADD was activated at birth, sadly. Still, you just described my entire life. I'm amazed I finished college (the second time). |
| Posted by: pflanary 14-May-2007, 01:21 PM |
| Hey me, too. When you add in the dyslexia and the auditory processing disorder, I'm lucky to get through the day at work and find my way home. I house clean like this (when I DO house clean.) so you can imagine what my house looks like. I spend more time trying to figure out where I left the cleaner, vaccum, etc. than I do actually cleaning. The really sad thing is that it all gets worse with age! |
| Posted by: oldraven 15-May-2007, 10:06 AM |
| Thanks pflanary, something to look forward to. Of course, I'll forget this by the time the brower closes. |
| Posted by: CelticRose 08-Jun-2007, 05:44 PM |
| You know? This really is pretty hilarious because I am Queen of multi-tasking, but that doesn't mean I actually get anything accomplished! One of my sisters and I complain of ourselves doing the above ALL the time. So we definitely have this disorder and glad to have an official name for it and so glad to be amongst friends! |
| Posted by: kquinn 12-Jun-2007, 03:55 PM | ||
OMG!!! This is me every day of my life!!! Of course I actually HAVE ADD but this is the most accurate description I've ever seen ANYWHERE!! I love it!!! Thanx!!! |
| Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 12-Jun-2007, 07:31 PM |
As I've said before, I'm at the age where I've started wondering about the here after. I walk into a room and wonder what the heck I'm here after.  |
| Posted by: oldraven 13-Jun-2007, 06:09 AM |
Hahahaha!! Very nice, CS.  I guess you can say one thing about having ADD. ADD doesn't define me, but it sure as hell explains a lot. |