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From: heartland
Date: 08-22-2005, 12:31 PM (1 of 7)
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Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - 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 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 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 check book off the table, and see that there is only 1 check 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 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 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. 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 check in my check 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 day long, and I'm really tired. 
Donna
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User: heartland
Member since: 05-23-2001 Total posts: 88 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 08-22-2005, 01:44 PM (2 of 7)
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That's me! Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: SummersEchos
Date: 08-22-2005, 01:51 PM (3 of 7)
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How true how true
Summer
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User: SummersEchos
Member since: 09-29-2004 Total posts: 884 |
From: Bama
Date: 08-22-2005, 05:12 PM (4 of 7)
So THAT'S what is wrong with me. 
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User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 08-22-2005, 09:00 PM (5 of 7)
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I call it the 'after forty' syndrome...I especially like when ya walk through a room, stop, and look around, wondering what the heck you were supposed to do, and when you were gonna do it. (also known as brain farts  
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: Pudge99
Date: 08-23-2005, 09:18 AM (6 of 7)
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After 40? I've been this way my whole life and I am only 32.
Gina
Pictures of my successes and failures Pfaff 2040 Janome Mylock 134D Singer Futura CE-100 w/ Autopunch Husqvarna Viking 3D Sketch |
User: Pudge99
Member since: 10-30-2001 Total posts: 1375 |
From: Carmela
Date: 08-26-2005, 12:48 PM (7 of 7)
So now I have an excuse !!!!!! I am 70 Now I have a name for what I do It makes me feel better??? 
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User: Carmela
Member since: 10-21-2001 Total posts: 38 |
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