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01/30/2009 11:07:13 AM · #1 |
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - 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 cheque book off the table,
And see that there is only one cheque left.
My extra cheques 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 cheques,
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 countercatches 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 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 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, 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.
Forward this message to everyone you know, Because I don't remember who I've sent it to.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
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01/30/2009 11:09:26 AM · #2 |
| That would be funny if it weren't so frighteningly familiar. |
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01/30/2009 11:09:53 AM · #3 |
| Perfectly stated!! lol Should I be nervous I already have some of these symptoms?? |
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01/30/2009 11:13:55 AM · #4 |
| ROFL! I think I've had this for quite a while now. |
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01/30/2009 11:14:37 AM · #5 |
| If you had taken some photos as you went along, it might help you to remember. Unless you forgot where you put the camera. |
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01/30/2009 11:29:03 AM · #6 |
Unfortunately, I think I'm suffering from OCD instead of AAADD.
I notice that there are dishes on the counter, but as I turn to put them away, I see my computer and realize I haven't hit update on dpchallenge for awhile
I hit update, no new votes
I realize, since I'm on the computer, I should check my email. While I'm on my email, I remember that I'm waiting for a response to a dpchallenge question, and since it's been 2 minutes, I switch back and
I hit update, no new votes
I return to the dishes on the counter and notice a dirty glass among them. Didn't someone do a picture of that in a recent challenge? Before I do a search, I realize that it's been a whole 3 minutes, so
I hit update, no new votes
The plate makes it into the dishwasher, but I realize it's lunch time. I go to my computer to pull up foodtv.com to find a new recipe. But wait! the dpchallenge site is still up, and it's been a whole 2 minutes, so
I hit update, a new vote! Drat! It's a 3!
Now I'm not hungry anymore. I might as well wait here until a new vote comes in. Maybe it will be better! |
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01/30/2009 11:42:38 AM · #7 |
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01/30/2009 12:20:55 PM · #8 |
Jeb,
You missed one other, *serious* consequence: your hose has been running unattended all day and your side yard has turned into a swamp...
Jejeje�
R.
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01/30/2009 12:58:18 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Jeb,
You missed one other, *serious* consequence: your hose has been running unattended all day and your side yard has turned into a swamp...
Jejeje�
R. |
ROFL!!! I've done that! Not to mention the water bill... |
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01/30/2009 12:59:31 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Kelli:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Jeb,
You missed one other, *serious* consequence: your hose has been running unattended all day and your side yard has turned into a swamp...
Jejeje�
R. |
ROFL!!! I've done that! Not to mention the water bill... |
we have a well. with the drought we've had the past few years, it could seriously run us dry. :( |
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01/30/2009 01:04:33 PM · #11 |
| Damn! I just thought those were senior moments! |
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01/30/2009 01:35:08 PM · #12 |
I just heard of a PC way of saying "Brain Fart".....
Intellectual Interlude"
Message edited by author 2009-01-30 13:37:56.
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01/30/2009 01:37:30 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Jeb,
You missed one other, *serious* consequence: your hose has been running unattended all day and your side yard has turned into a swamp...
Jejeje�
R. |
Originally posted by Kelli:
ROFL!!! I've done that! Not to mention the water bill... |
Originally posted by karmat:
we have a well. with the drought we've had the past few years, it could seriously run us dry. :( |
Born & raised with wells......NEVER watered grass because of that!
You could always tell when city folk move out to the country......they always burn up a pump the first summer.......8>)
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01/30/2009 01:42:19 PM · #14 |
There may have been a few goldfish swimming out of my pond down the driveway because of that whole hose thing...lol
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Jeb,
You missed one other, *serious* consequence: your hose has been running unattended all day and your side yard has turned into a swamp...
Jejeje�
R. |
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01/30/2009 04:15:32 PM · #15 |
| The birth of procrastination. |
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