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From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 10:22 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Do you have A.A.A.D.D. ?
Do You Have A.A.A.D.D. ?
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
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!
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Jeffry Houser, Web Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording
Engineer
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