Old Age

[Chucky]

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 chequebook 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 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 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 realise 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 living room 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 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 damn 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 quickly check my e-mail...

 

 

[Guest Wigg]

A fair few of us can probably relate to this one chucky. I know I do it on a daily basis. Its called multi tasking in some circles LOL. 9/10

 

 

[monty]

I have those days sometimes so I must be getting there.

 

Thanks Chucky

 

 

[planedriver]

What a load of nonsence Aunt Lily, or was it the milko who just told me that?

 

Anyway, not to worry, i'm sure it'll come to me if I have short nap:big_grin:

 

 

[Guest studentbiggles]

Chucky...You have just described my daily life :big_grin: Cheers Alley.

[Tomo]

I realise this is a serious problem and I'll try to get some help for it but first I'll quickly check my e-mail...

... only to find the computer not responding....

 

 

[MrH]

... only to find the computer not responding....

..and then I looked out the window, it was a lovely day so I thought I'd go & water the garden.............>>>>>> post#1i_dunno

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[Tracktop]

I realise this is a serious problem and I'll try to get some help for it but first I'll quickly check my e-mail...

Open my email and find a couple of things that need urgent attention,

 

and a heap of Rec Flying subscribed thread notifications.

 

I'll just check them first before I attend to the important ones.

 

Log in to Rec Flying and see a heap of new posts.

 

Start to read through them, then look oh it's 9:30 :-)

 

While I'm here I'll just see whats happening on chat.

 

After a while they are dropping like flys on chat and I am really tied now.

 

missed tea and got nothing done at night either so might as well go to bed and try again in the morning.

 

In morning I decide to water my ....................................

 

Pleased to know what the cause is - now what was it called A.D ?????? oh bugger

 

 

[Tomo]

Open my email and find a couple of things that need urgent attention, and a heap of Rec Flying subscribed thread notifications.

I'll just check them first before I attend to the important ones.

 

Log in to Rec Flying and see a heap of new posts.

 

Start to read through them, then look oh it's 9:30 :-)

 

While I'm here I'll just see whats happening on chat.

 

After a while they are dropping like flys on chat and I am really tied now.

 

missed tea and got nothing done at night either so might as well go to bed and try again in the morning.

 

In morning I decide to water my ....................................

So when were you spying on me??