my diagnosis

[John Jones]

Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. -- Age Activated
Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests.

I decide to wash my car.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is mail on
the hall table.

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
trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is
full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out
the trash first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when
I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook 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 to my
desk where I find the 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 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 set the Coke down on the counter, 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 counter, fill a container
with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote.

Someone 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 den where
it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I splash some water on the flowers, but most 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.

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 aren't watered, there is still only one check in my
checkbook, 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 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!

[JimCt]

Well written truth.

[pete]

yeah.so,it could happen  

[RickK]

Hell, I don't remember what you did with the car keys either  

[GoneFission]

I was going to reply to that message, but then I noticed an empty Diet Coke can that needed to go in the recycle bin.  Over by the recycle bin, I saw the decal for my boat I've been looking for...   and so it goes!

       

[Seadog]

Well - you know what they say the first thing to go when you get old is?

Uuuhhh, ummmm - i forgot what it was...

[John Jones]

This is the truth

 My doc did say that it's no big deal if you can't remember where you put your car keys.  It is a big deal if you can't remember what they are for.

[RickK]

Well, as long as you remember how to get back to the ramp, it can't be all that bad.  Thank goodness for GPS