A.A.A.D.D. ~ Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

[A-Jay]

Thank God there’s a name for this 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 that it needs washing.
As I start towards 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 noticed that the can is full. 
So, I decided 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 mail box when I take the garbage out 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 check are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find a can of diet Coke I’ve been drinking. 
I’m going to look for my checks, but first I push the diet coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.  The diet Coke is getting warm, so I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with my Diet Coke, as vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye…they need water.
I put the diet Coke on the counter and discovered my reading glasses that I’ve been searching for all morning. I decided it’d be best to put them back on my desk, but first I’m going to water the flowers. I set my glasses back down on the counter, and fill a container with water when suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize when we go to watch TV, I’ll be looking for the remote, and I won’t remember that it’s on the kitchen table, so I decided to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I’ll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, and 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. I then 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 Diet Coke on the counter. The flowers don’t have enough water. There’s 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 my 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. 
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 . . . . 
Please do me a favor, forward this message to everyone you know because I don’t remember who I’ve sent it to. 
Don’t Laugh . . If this isn’t you yet, your day is coming !
PS I don’t remember who sent this to me so if it was you . . I’m sorry. 
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A-Jay

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[Sam]

Outstanding!

 

Sometimes I feel like a dog...running happily into a room not knowing why.

 

We will all do what you penned as we get older.

[MichaelCopeland]

That's hilarious! Probably shoulda just went fishing...lol! ?

[jbsoonerfan]

I'm only 38 and I cannot wait till the day my OCD goes away and I get distracted easily. I would work my butt off getting all those things done. My wife hates the fact that I have to have everything perfect, but I cannot help it and wish I didn't care lol.

[roadwarrior]

"Just another day"

 

[Log Catcher]

I'm surprised he didn't hook the the boat and forget to go fishing unless he forgot to mention that part.

[Bluebasser86]

This is me anytime I try to do something in my shop. I'll get all kinds of things done, but rarely what I originally set out to do. 

[A-Jay]

1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:

This is me anytime I try to do something in my shop. I'll get all kinds of things done, but rarely what I originally set out to do. 

Me too - 

At this point - this is how I 'plan' my weekend.

A-Jay

1 hour ago, Log Catcher said:

I'm surprised he didn't hook the the boat and forget to go fishing unless he forgot to mention that part.

For some as of yet unexplained reason, seems none of this has crept into my fishing - yet.

Or perhaps it has and I just don't know it.

A-Jay

[Catt]

5 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

"Just another day"

 

 

Life in the fast lane ?

 

@A-Jay at 68 yrs old try adding in a 11 yr old boy & a 13 yr old girl

[12poundbass]

43 minutes ago, Catt said:

 

Life in the fast lane ?

 

@A-Jay at 68 yrs old try adding in a 11 yr old boy & a 13 yr old girl

Although it may not feel like it at the end of the day I bet they're keeping you young! ?

[jbmaine]

I've been meaning to reply to this all day, but every time I sit down to do this I         sorry. what was I saying?

[Arcs&sparks]

This is too funny.  That’s me on my days off and and not even 30 yet.  I’m great at work until I need to walk to the work van to grab something.  I give a blank stare into the van and grab something I might need later and get back to work.  

[Columbia Craw]

And at what point did you realize your fly was open ?   I'm lucky I can still dress myself.  My wife asked my seven year old granddaughter, Emma if she knew what it meant to be retired, speaking of your's truly. Her response, " when papa was so old he can't work anymore."  That about sums it up. Time for my blue pill.

Oh, I forgot something A Jay.  Guess what I got for father's day ?  One of those hydraulic toilet seats that lowers itself. And people ask me why I have no self esteem.

[BASS302]

@A-Jay,

Quick, check the hose, I think you left it on!

[N Florida Mike]

16 hours ago, Catt said:

 

Life in the fast lane ?

 

@A-Jay at 68 yrs old try adding in a 11 yr old boy & a 13 yr old girl

Sounds like me except slight age differences.

I would love to tell some funny stories about the topic, but I can't remember any of them !?

[Gundog]

When I get rich I'm gonna hire someone to forget all the stuff I can't remember. ?

[LOZSteve]

Been there, hell to get old, but beats the alternative. 

[Bankbeater]

Sounds like me at work.

[Crappiebasser]

I've been in the here after for years. I walk around room to room trying to remember what I'm here after.

[TnRiver46]

Everytime I complain about symptoms such as these, my mother says "just wait til you're 50 and see how bad it is!"

[lonnie g]

man you made me tired just reading it!I call it my half heimers,your not alone!!!!!I forgot the rest of what I was gonna say?

[A-Jay]

14 minutes ago, lonnie g said:

man you made me tired just reading it!I call it my half heimers,your not alone!!!!!I forgot the rest of what I was gonna say?

Half Heimers - Please know I'd never make light of a serious condition, but that right there . . . 

IS FUNNY ! 

I just read your response to my wife and she laughed Right Out Loud

A-Jay

[Further North]

The best part: We can come back and read this in a couple days and it'll be just as funny...because it'll be all new...

[BassNJake]

I'm in my mid 40's and this is my everyday life.

It's like a scavenger hunt where you are searching for distractions to keep you from your original task.

 

[Further North]

See...I re-read the whole thing, laughed all over again...