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Do You Have A.A.A.D.D?

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Ocean Loverbean
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Age activated Attention Deficit Disorder


I'm sure some of you can relate, and those that can't, well, this might
explain why we are the way we are.



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 SoWal.


Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!


GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!

Replies

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OldtimerBeach Lover
#2
So that's why I'm always so tired!?! :floor:
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Ritamargarita brocolia
#3
Oh, boy -- :( I'm pre A.A.A.D.D.
audie avatar
audiefartblossom
#4
so that's what's wrong with me ???
Miss Kitty avatar
Miss KittyMeow
#5
Very timely, OL!!! I just had this discussion with my Dr. yesterday!!! Mentalpause is a major culprit. I tend to get more exercise with this condition...I walk in circles alot!!!
RiverOtter avatar
RiverOttergot any pics?
#6
I don't but I have a neighbor that is dead on that :funn:
audie avatar
audiefartblossom
#7
i always made fun of mom because she would buy a card, or something like that and put it up, then forget where she put it. well, i have turned into her, i do the exact same thing !
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Ocean LoverbeanAuthor
#8
i always made fun of mom because she would buy a card, or something like that and put it up, then forget where she put it. well, i have turned into her, i do the exact same thing !


I'm guilty of that too. So glad I'm not alone with my AAADD. 😀
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Ritamargarita brocolia
#9
Very timely, OL!!! I just had this discussion with my Dr. yesterday!!! Mentalpause is a major culprit. I tend to get more exercise with this condition...I walk in circles alot!!!



:funn: I wear the carpet on my stairs out running back and forth. Gotta get a one-story! :lol:
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SheilaSoWal Insider
#10
I must have it. I thought I had already replied to this thread but noticed the screen on my pc was dusty, so............well you know how this went! :funn::funn::funn:
dbuck avatar
dbuckBeach Fanatic
#11
This is sooo me. Just yesterday, I could not figure out why my microwave was not beeping telling me my coffee was warmed, looked in the microwave, no coffee. I found it in the refrigerator. 😱
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Ritamargarita brocolia
#12
This is sooo me. Just yesterday, I could not figure out why my microwave was not beeping telling me my coffee was warmed, looked in the microwave, no coffee. I found it in the refrigerator. 😱

:lolabove:
If I ever can't find my tea, I know to look in the microwave! I must reheat it 3 or 4 times before a cup is finished. Sometimes there's a cup in there from the day before!
dbuck avatar
dbuckBeach Fanatic
#13
Sometimes there's a cup in there from the day before!

Don't feel bad, this has happened to me many times. :oops:
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Ocean LoverbeanAuthor
#14
Don't feel bad, this has happened to me many times. :oops:

Ditto! :oops:
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Jennifer SteeleBeach Fanatic
#15
sowal.com contributes to my a.d.d., checking new posts between each task.
RiverOtter avatar
RiverOttergot any pics?
#16
One of our neighbors will wake up in the moring, make her coffee look around the kitchen and decide the cabinets need repainting or restaining. And she'll just go for it. Of course she still needs to get the kids to school and all of the normal stuff but somehow she'll squeeze in the remodle project :lol:
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Miss KittyMeow
#17
One of our neighbors will wake up in the moring, make her coffee look around the kitchen and decide the cabinets need repainting or restaining. And she'll just go for it. Of course she still needs to get the kids to school and all of the normal stuff but somehow she'll squeeze in the remodle project :lol:

Drugs? :rolling:
RiverOtter avatar
RiverOttergot any pics?
#18
Drugs? :rolling:

She needs some. She's a real hoot! We love em to death. 😀

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