Wednesday 9 December 2009

New Joke! Getting Old!

AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!? Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.? Somehow I feel better,even though I have it!!? 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 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, and go 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, 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!!?

2 comments:

Inner-Creative-Voice said...

Thinking of you...a great book my husband and I read is called Driven to Distraction: http://www.amazon.com/Driven-Distraction-Recognizing-Attention-Childhood/dp/0684801280#noop

Just knowing that there are others out there to support you can be such a relief!
Susan

Oldbuddy said...

No sweetheart, my day is already here. Most people mistake this as a joke, but I sure don't.