I love this; like Lora said, all of us have done that some days! will definitely share! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lora Leggett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 1:17 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: AADD
> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
