IS THIS YOU??? ITS ME

[morningstar]

RECENTLY, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A. A . A . D . D . -

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests itself:

I decided to water my garden.
As I turned on the hose in the driveway, I looked over at my car and
decided my car needs washing.

As I started toward the garage, I noticed 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 garbage
can under the table, and noticed 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 thought, 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 1 check
left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I went inside to my
desk where I found a 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 decided I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I headed toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the
counter caught my eye-- they needed to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and discovered my reading glasses
that I'd been searching for all morning. Then I decided I better put them
back on my desk, but first I'd water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the counter, filled a container with
water
and suddenly I spotted the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I thought 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 table, so I decided to put
it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'd water the flowers.

I poured some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spilled on the
floor.
So, I set the remote back on the table, got some towels and wiped up the
spill,
then, I headed 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 checkbook,
----I can't find the remote,
----I can't find my glasses,
----and I don't remember what in the world I did with the car keys!

Then, when I tried 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.

P.S. I just walked outside and SOMEONE LEFT THE WATER RUNNING
IN THE DRIVEWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobbioh]

Rosemarie,YES that is me if I could just stay on task I may get something done . And yes I laugh at myself alot I even tell stories to people of stupid stuff I have done .bobbioh

[morningstar]

Bobbi,

Yes I have found that laughing at ones self is very good medicine. And I am so far behind I think I am first. .

Happy Trails

[cheryl]

That is sooooo true -- We're always sidetracked by something. -- this gave me a chuckle.