[TheForge] YAK "Do you have A.A.A.D.D.?"

[Dan Rathburn]

DO YOU HAVE A.A.A.D.D?

I send this to you because you might appreciate the "disorder".

They have finally found a diagnosis for my condition. I have recently been
diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -  Adult Activated Attention Deficit Disorder...

This is how it goes:

I decide to wash the car; I start toward the garage and notice the mail on
the table. Ok, I'm going to wash the car. But first I'm going to go through
the mail.

I lay the car keys down on the desk, discard the junk mail and I notice the
trash can is full.  Ok, I'll just put the bills on my desk and take the
trashcan out, but since I'm going to be near the mailbox anyway, I'll pay
these few bills first. Now, where is my checkbook?  Oops, there's only one
check left. My extra checks are in my desk.

Oh, there's the coke I was drinking. I'm going to look for those checks. But
first I need to put my coke further away from the computer, or  maybe I'll
pop it into the fridge to keep it cold for a while.  I head towards the
kitchen and the vase of flowers catch my eye, they  need some water.

I set the coke on the counter and uh oh! There are my glasses. I  was
looking for them all morning! I'd better put them away first. I fill a
container with water and head for the flower pots - Aaaaaagh!  Someone left
the TV remote in the kitchen.

We will never think to look in the kitchen tonight when we want to watch
television so I'd better put it back in the family room where it belongs.  I
splash some water into the vase and onto the floor, I throw the remote onto
a soft cushion on the sofa and I head back down the hall trying to figure
out what it was I was going to do?

End of Day: The car isn't washed, the bills are unpaid, the coke is sitting
on the kitchen counter, the flowers are half watered, the checkbook still
only has one check in it and I can't seem to find my car keys!  When I try
to figure out how come nothing got done today, I'm baffled because I KNOW I
WAS BUSY ALL DAY LONG!!!

I realize this is a serious condition and I'll get help, BUT FIRST I think
I'll check my e-mail...

Please send this to everyone you know because I DON'T REMEMBER WHO I'VE SENT
THIS TO!!!  But please don't send it back to me or I might send it to you
again!



I am not the auther of the above but please refer to the last line.



Dan Rathburn
Elgin, IL USA