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Thursday, May 30, 2013

A. A. A. D. D.

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.
 

32 comments:

  1. hahahahahahaaaa I plead the 5th! ;)

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  2. This is me completely...thanks for allowing me to feel not so alone and crazy! :)

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    1. Oh Princess...you are definitely not alone or crazy! ;)

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  3. Lol...... Is it activated in your 20s?

    Callie

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    1. That's when it hit me Callie! ;)

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  4. Definitely me. It's a wonder I get anything done.

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    1. Know that feeling Dana. ;)

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  5. Yah......that's TOTALLY me - but I also blame it on the kids, lol!

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    1. Hey Cali...ya might have a point there! ;)

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  6. Hahaha..I did not know the dignosis AAADD. LOL..

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    1. Now you have a diagnosis to blame it on ML! ;)

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  7. LOL. Me to a T.

    Love,
    Ronnie
    xx

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    1. Think it describes a lot of us Ronnie. ;)

      Hugs and Blessings,
      Cat

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  8. LoL, yep, me too! Is THAT what it's called! Glad to know it has a name and that I'm not alone LoL

    Hugs,
    Roz

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    1. Most definitely not alone Roz...isn't nice to have a name for it!;)

      Hugs and Blessings,
      Cat

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  9. 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.

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    1. It is always nice to have a diagnosis for something so frustrating. Think a lot of us have suffered from this for years! ;)

      Blessings,
      Cat

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    1. LOL George...welcome to the club. ;)

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  11. ROFL! The story of my life!!

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    1. LOL Queenie...happy to 'know' you better now! ;)

      Blessings,
      Cat

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  12. 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
    J

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    1. LOL Janey...it helps to know you are not alone doesn't it? ;)

      Blessings,
      Cat

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    1. Does around here also Minelle! ;)

      Hugs and Blessings,
      Cat

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  14. 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

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    1. LOL Terps...think it happens more to mom's...we just have too much to keep track of! ;)

      Hugs and Blessing...
      Cat

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  15. Yep I once watered our garden 8 full hours because of this sort of thing! lol

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    1. LOL Sara...sorry but had to laugh at that one! ;) Hope your garden wasn't ruined!

      Blessings...
      Cat

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