I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit

Disorder.

This is how it manifests itself:

I decide to water my garden ...As I turn on the hose in the

driveway, ...I look over at my car and decide that 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 mail box 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

trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is full.

.. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out

the trash first.

.. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when

I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

.. I take my checkbook 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 to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had 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. 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 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 check in my

checkbook, 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 to whom it has been sent.

.. 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!

THAT is funny.

Problem is it describes my day perfectly