Someone sent me this by email...it is well worth a read and a laugh! Sorry it is so long.
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder:- 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 cheque book off the table,
and see that there is only one cheque 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 cola 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 cola 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,
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 cheque in my cheque 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 damn 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 favour.
Forward this message to everyone you know,
because I don't remember who the hell I've sent it
to.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
Graham pointed out that the garden is now flooded! As I did not turn off the hose!
Lolly x
