I'm getting old
10 July 2008, 12:02 PM
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I'm getting old
AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.... .PLEASE READ!
I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.
I notice mail on the porch table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.
Put the junk mail in the rubbish bin under the table,
And notice that the bin is full.
On the table and take out the rubbish first.
Since I'm going to be near the mailbox
When I take out the rubbish anyway,
I may as well pay the bills first.
And see that there is only one cheque left.
So I go inside the house to my desk where
I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking.
But first I need to push the Coke aside
So that I don't accidentally knock it over.
And I decide to put it in the fridge to keep it cold.
A vase of flowers on the counter
Catches my eye--they need water.
Discover my reading glasses that
I've been searching for all morning.
But first I'm going to water the flowers.
Fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote.
Someone left it on the kitchen table.
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.
But quite a bit of it spills on the floor.
Get some paper towels and wipe up the spill.
Remember what I was planning to do.
I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day,
and I'm really tired.
And I'll try to get some help for it,
But first I'll check my e-mail....
it's all in large font for all the old farts with poor eye-sight
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.
Somehow I feel better, even though I have it!!
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests:
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 rubbish bin under the table,
And notice that the bin is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back
On the table and take out the rubbish first.
But then I think,
Since I'm going to be near the mailbox
When I take out the rubbish 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 cheques 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 cheques,
But first I need to push the Coke aside
So that I don't accidentally knock it over.
The Coke is getting warm,
And I decide to put it in the fridge 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 Coke 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 paper 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 day,
and I'm really tired.
I realise this is a serious problem,
And I'll try to get some help for it,
But first I'll check my e-mail....
it's all in large font for all the old farts with poor eye-sight
10 July 2008, 12:13 PM
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Most of my work days are. I start the day with a list things to do, and then one of the management chain above me will drop something on me.
Today it was my bosses, bosses boss who has been shouted at about some web-site security fault.
I've run around like a lunatic trying to sort IT and several other issues that popped up while looking at that one, and now I am typing this response because I now have NO idea what the hell I was planning to do today. (displacement activity and all that!)
I wrote it down somewhere and can't find the list.
Today it was my bosses, bosses boss who has been shouted at about some web-site security fault.
I've run around like a lunatic trying to sort IT and several other issues that popped up while looking at that one, and now I am typing this response because I now have NO idea what the hell I was planning to do today. (displacement activity and all that!)
I wrote it down somewhere and can't find the list.
10 July 2008, 01:16 PM
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That ^^ is true, I did I decided to make a cup of coffee but couldn't throw the grouts in the bin as I'd forgotten to put a bin liner in it which I'd forgotten to empty earlier because I'd remembered to put the washing in the machine which I'd left upstairs in the lounge when I remembered to open the blinds that I'd forgotten to do earlier.....
I decided to make a cup of coffee but couldn't throw the grouts in the bin as I'd forgotten to put a bin liner in it which I'd forgotten to empty earlier because I'd remembered to put the washing in the machine which I'd left upstairs in the lounge when I remembered to open the blinds that I'd forgotten to do earlier.....
10 July 2008, 08:00 PM
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