Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

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. 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!!

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

P.S. I just remembered, I LEFT THE WATER RUNNING

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

It sounds like me most days!!!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

This is exactly how my day goes!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

Hilarious!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

OMG! This is my life!!!!
I know I am always busy- but do not know with what!

Message edited 10/30/2006 1:32:50 PM.

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

You should submit that to a parenting magazine!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

OMG this is the funniest thing I have read in a while. I have this problem!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

Oh boy can I relate to this!!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

(standing up) Hi my name is Christine and I have A.A.A.D.D.

This is my life!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

I do!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

I have this - dh is always trying to figure out why I will clean from the inside of the cabinets or closets out - or why i am doing something completely diff. than i started out doing!!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

I completely forgot that I wrote that!

Re: Ok moms how many of you suffer from this disorder

That's great and SOOOO true