Monday, May 17, 2010

IF YOU DON'T LAUGH, YOU'RE NOT 40(ish)

Mr. Pearl and Pebble just forwarded this to me - his sister sent it to him. I am quite happy to hear that I am not crazy. You should probably go to the bathroom BEFORE reading.... AAADD KNOW THE SYMPTOMS! Thank goodness there is 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: I decide to water my garden. As I turned on the hose in the driveway, I looked over at my car and decided it needs washing. As I started toward the garage, I noticed mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail box earlier. I decided 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 decide 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 mailbox when I take out the garbage 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 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. 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. The Coke is getting warm, and I decide to put i in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye- they need water. I put the Coke on the counter 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 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. 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. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it spills on to the floor. So, I set 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 warm can of Coke sitting on the counter the flowers don't have enough water there is still only 1 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 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 damn 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...

10 comments:

  1. I don't know why I can't get line sepatation - I hope it wasn't too hard to read!

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  2. Funny! I am SOOOOOO there with you!
    It is just like that book "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" but for adults. That author made a fortune with circular stories like this! Maybe you need to publish this bedtime story for the over 40 set!
    Enjoy the day!
    Erin

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  3. I'm still in my 30s and I do this! I'm pretty sure I did it in my 20s. I think having kids has aged me ;)

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  4. i have this affliction also, just didn't know the name of it~ *L*

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  5. You just described my weekend. I always say I'm busy all day, but get nothing done. Thanks for the diagnosis.

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  6. Yes, I agree that this disease already starts in the 30's! *LOL* (And where the heck are my car keys?)

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  7. This was very funny! I guess I am not as unfocused as I thought! When did you open the other two etsy shops? I was going to do that but I couldn't come up with another name! Got any ideas for my fabric flowers and vintage purses?

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  8. so true!!!! (have you been following me around!?!? :)

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  9. I laughed - and I cried. Soooo true.

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  10. I laughed and cried TOO
    This is amazing ...... thank you for this . I think it would be so funny if I kept a pad with me and wrote what I'm doing as my day moves along ... but that makes a new problem .... first I have to find a notebook and pencil and I want to decorate the notebook first so it's pretty to write in .....ha ha .

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