Posted on 05/12/2008 6:00:43 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder...
This is how it develops:
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 mailbox 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 checkbook 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 o nly 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.
Hey, where is everyone? :)
Uhhhh...
What a sweetie pie.
Lovely little girl...
What Does Your Taste in Music Say About You?
Thank you Tas. I’m thinking so too.
Two more fun ones. You are such a busy boy....”Thanks Troops.”...cute.
And thanks for your service to our country.
A day late, but thanks for the update on Robert. And good job posting the baby pictures.
Beautiful watercolor you made for your SIL.
I do remember him. RIP T/D.
h!!Sand.....#200!!
Pro.....#250!!
GB.....#300 and #350!!
I know that you are busy.
LOL. I enjoyed that.
awwwwwww....how sweet!!
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