AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....

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AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....


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 itself:

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 head towards the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I picked up from the mailman earlier.

I decide to go through it before I wash the car.

I put my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the recycling box under the table, and notice that the recycling box is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the recycling first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the recycling paper anyway, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my checkbook off the table and notice that there is only one check left.

My extra checks are in the desk in my study, 
So I go into the house to my desk where
I find the cup of coffee I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my checks but first I need to push the coffee aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The coffee is getting cold, and I decide to make another cup..

As I head toward the kitchen with the cold coffee, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye - the flowers need water.

I put the coffee on the worktop 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 put the glasses back down on the worktop, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote control. 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 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 put 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 cold cup of coffee sitting on the kitchen work-surface

The flowers don't have enough water,

There is still only 1 check in my checkbook,

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.

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.....

Do me a favor. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I can't remember who the heck I've sent it to.

Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!

 

Jim Erlandson, a member of the group "Snake Oil".

http://www.snake-oil.de/english/theband.htm
JIM ERLANDSON, Snake Oil's newest member, sings and plays mandolin, banjo, guitar, harmonica, jews harp and anything he can lay hands on. He was born in 1948 to a musical family - his father, uncle and grandmother had a song and dance act in vaudeville. Jim played accordion from age 5, the trumpet in high school and then added a variety of instruments playing Dixieland Jazz, Scandinavian and American folk music. Jim and his wife Kathy helped found the Spokane Folklore Society and the Spokane Street Fair in the 70's, then moved to Olympia to work as a social program manager for the state. His hobbies include fishing, home brewing, and collecting musical instruments and old `78 records.

Jared Erlandson | Seattle, WA | Folk / Post modern lo-fi / Rock | Music, Lyrics, Songs, and Videos | ReverbNation

http://www.reverbnation.com/jerlandson
All songs written and recorded by Jared Erlandson. Other artists include Chris Janzen, Thayer Hills and Dave Gauthier and Jim Erlandson

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