Here it is!!
KNOW THE SYMPTOMS.
PLEASE READ!
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:

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 start toward the garage,
I notice 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.

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.

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 Pepsi I'd been drinking.

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

The Pepsi is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi,
a vase of flowers on the counter
catches my eye -- they need water.

I put the Pepsi 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 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
Pepsi 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 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 don't remember who the heck I've sent it to.

Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
e it is!!! Age Attention Deficate Disorder

I had asked for this back in April sometime and a BIG THANKS to Liz_ga for giving me the link. I just copied the whole thing here. It seems to be real popular around the table. This describes me perfectly!!

Ok, who's been following me around with a log book??? That describes a very typical day for me. Seems the only thing I can do to completion is check in at the KT umpteen times a day...sigh

Jodi-

You just made another page!
More to come, go have a look.

Is this the one you wanted?
I think its called
"I can't Remember"

Just a line to say I'm living,
that I'm not among the dead,
though I'm getting more forgetful
and mixed up in the head.

I got used to my arthritis,
to my dentures I'm resigned,
I can manage my bifocals,
but God I miss my mind.

For sometimes I can't remember
when I stand at the foot of the stairs,
if I must go up for something
or have I just come down from there.

And before the fridge so often,
my poor mind is filled with doubt,
have I just put food away,
or have I come to take some out.

And there's times when it is dark
with my nightcap on my head,
I don't know if I'm retiring
or just getting out of bed.

So, if it's my turn to write you,
there's no need for getting sore.
I may think that I've written,
and don't want to be a bore.

So remember that I love you,
and wish that you were near.
Now it's nearly mail time
so must say goodbye dear.

Here I stand beside the mail box,
with a face so very red,
instead of mailing you my letter,
I had opened it instead!

Author Unknown

Here is a link that might be useful: I can't remember

Oh, thank you so much, Renee and Joann! My hostess from last night's party was talking about this and I told her that one of my friends could probably provide it. I'll send her both of these and she will be thrilled. Thank you both so much!

They're both good ones - hope some of you who didn't see them before (with only a few posts) may enjoy them.

ole joyful

I think I wrote the AAADD one...but I can't remember!

I've had AAADD my whole life, and so it has nothing to do with age, as far as I'm concerned.

I try to remember what SueEllen (the Happy Housewife on Mary Tyler More Show) said: When you are cleaning your house, think of it as a clock and don't go into one area until you have finished the first. Unfortunately, I find myself unable to follow this advice. However, I do have an extremely long attention span for certain things that I like doing.

Yeah, I never saw it the first time.