Delma, that is funny! I think all of us have done that some days. Lora ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delma" <[email protected]> To: "RecipesAndMore" <[email protected]>; "JanetsKitchen" <[email protected]>; "BlindHandyGirl" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:06 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] AADD
> > > AAADD > > KNOW THE SYMPTOMS?.....PLEASE READ!* > > 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:* > > 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 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 Pepsi I'd been > drinking* > > I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside > > so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Pepsi is getting warm,* > > and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.* > > As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,* > > a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water.* > > I put the Pepsi 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 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 Pepsi 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, and I'm really tired. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
