jpmcgrew
Executive Chef
I don't know about you, but I do this kind of stuff all the time.>
>Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D .
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> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
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> This is how it manifests:
> I decide to water my lawn.
> As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and
>decide my car needs washing.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only
>one check left. My extra check s 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.
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> I'm going to look for my check s, but first I need to push the
>Coke aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the
>Coke is getting warm, and I decide I should put it in the refrigerator
>to keep it cold.
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> As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke a vase of flowers on
>the counter catches my eye - they need to be watered.
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> I set the Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading
>glasses that I've been searching for all morning.
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> I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going
>to water the flowers.
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> 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.
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> 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 living room where it belongs, but first
>I'll water the flowers.
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> I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills
>on the floor.
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> 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.
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> At the end of the day:
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> the lawn isn't watered,
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> the car isn't washed,
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> the bills aren't paid,
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> there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
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> the flowers don't have enough water,
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> there is still only one check in my check book,
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> I can't find the remote,
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> I can't find my glasses,
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> I don't remember what I did with the car keys, and my neighbor
>called to tell me he turned off the hose that was flooding the driveway.
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> 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.
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>> Laugh hard 'cuz if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!
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> GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
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> GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
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> LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC.
