JOSHUA TIME 869

>AAADD- KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.....PLEASE READ!

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> Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder.

> Somehow I feel better,even though I have it!!

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

> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

> This is how it manifests:

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> I decide to water my garden.

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> As I turn on the hose in the driveway,

> I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

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> As I start toward the garage,

> I notice mail on the porch table that

> I brought up from the mail box earlier.

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> I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

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> 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.

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> 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.

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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 Coke I'd been drinking.

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> I'm going to look for my checks,

> but first I need to push the Coke aside

> so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

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> The Coke is getting warm,

> and I decide to 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 water.

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> I put the Coke on the counter and

> 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 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'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 den 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 on the table,

> get some towels and wipe up the spill.

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> 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 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 1 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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> and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.

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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 darn day,

> and I'm really tired.

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> 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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> Do me a favor.

> Forward this message to everyone you know,

> because I don't remember who the heck I've sent it to.

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