Does this apply to you???
Recently, 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 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 rubbish bin under the table, and notice that the bin is full.
So, I put the bills back on the table and decide to take out the rubbish 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 that I had 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. 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 place the coke down on the work surface, 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 work top, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone has 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 lounge 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 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.
Yep that is me.
ReplyDeleteLOL Rose. ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
hahahahahahaaaa I plead the 5th! ;)
ReplyDeleteHeehee Grace! ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
This is me completely...thanks for allowing me to feel not so alone and crazy! :)
ReplyDeleteOh Princess...you are definitely not alone or crazy! ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
Lol...... Is it activated in your 20s?
ReplyDeleteCallie
That's when it hit me Callie! ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
Definitely me. It's a wonder I get anything done.
ReplyDeleteKnow that feeling Dana. ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
Yah......that's TOTALLY me - but I also blame it on the kids, lol!
ReplyDeleteHey Cali...ya might have a point there! ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
Hahaha..I did not know the dignosis AAADD. LOL..
ReplyDeleteNow you have a diagnosis to blame it on ML! ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
LOL. Me to a T.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Ronnie
xx
Think it describes a lot of us Ronnie. ;)
DeleteHugs and Blessings,
Cat
LoL, yep, me too! Is THAT what it's called! Glad to know it has a name and that I'm not alone LoL
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Roz
Most definitely not alone Roz...isn't nice to have a name for it!;)
DeleteHugs and Blessings,
Cat
So glad that disease has finally been given a name. I've been suffering from "and then" disease for years, glad it's finally been diagnosed.
ReplyDeleteIt is always nice to have a diagnosis for something so frustrating. Think a lot of us have suffered from this for years! ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
LOL! Count me in, for sure!
ReplyDeleteLOL George...welcome to the club. ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
ROFL! The story of my life!!
ReplyDeleteLOL Queenie...happy to 'know' you better now! ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
Oh yes that is so me both at home at at work. I end up with loads of things half done! Glad I'm not the only one, but I'm not sure that helps
ReplyDeleteJ
LOL Janey...it helps to know you are not alone doesn't it? ;)
DeleteBlessings,
Cat
Happens every day!!
ReplyDeleteDoes around here also Minelle! ;)
DeleteHugs and Blessings,
Cat
So glad to know it has a name...happens to me all the time... :-) it reminds my of the children's picture book "If you give a mouse a cookie" who gets distracted and then does a full circle back to the beginning... having fun catching up.... :-) Hugs
ReplyDeleteLOL Terps...think it happens more to mom's...we just have too much to keep track of! ;)
DeleteHugs and Blessing...
Cat
Yep I once watered our garden 8 full hours because of this sort of thing! lol
ReplyDeleteLOL Sara...sorry but had to laugh at that one! ;) Hope your garden wasn't ruined!
DeleteBlessings...
Cat