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 check book off the table,


and see that there is only one check left.





My extra checks 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 checks,


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 realize 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 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 damn day,


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....





Burr