I'm halfway there! :) Wendy
--- Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's one of those forwards that made me smile. > How the heck does this > person know what's going on in MY life? > Nina > > Do you suffer from AAADD ? > > 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 one 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 realize 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 driveway is flooded > the car isn't washed, > the bills aren't paid, > there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter, > there is still only one 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! > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
