Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. -

Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.<o:p></o:p>

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This is how it manifests:<o:p></o:p>

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I decide to water my garden.<o:p></o:p>

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As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.<o:p></o:p>

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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 mailbox earlier.<o:p></o:p>

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I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.<o:p></o:p>

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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.<o:p></o:p>

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So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.<o:p></o:p>

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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.<o:p></o:p>

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I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left.<o:p></o:p>

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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 Diet Coke that I had been drinking.<o:p></o:p>

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I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Diet Coke aside so that I

don't accidentally knock it over. I realize the Diet Coke is getting warm, and I decide

I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.<o:p></o:p>

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As I head toward the kitchen with the Diet Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter

catches my eye--they need to be watered.<o:p></o:p>

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I set the Diet Coke down on the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that

I've been searching for all morning.<o:p></o:p>

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I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.<o:p></o:p>

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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.<o:p></o:p>

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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

den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.<o:p></o:p>

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I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on the floor.<o:p></o:p>

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So, I set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the spill.<o:p></o:p>

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Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.<o:p></o:p>

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At the end of the day:<o:p></o:p>

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The driveway is flooded.<o:p></o:p>

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The car isn't washed,<o:p></o:p>

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The bills aren't paid,<o:p></o:p>

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There is a warm can of Diet Coke sitting on the counter, there is still only

one check in my check book,<o:p></o:p>

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I can't find the remote,<o:p></o:p>

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I can't find my glasses,<o:p></o:p>

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And I don't remember what I did with the car keys.<o:p></o:p>

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Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really<o:p></o:p>

Baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.