I
usually sit down at my computer on Sunday afternoon and
start putting something together each week to complete
these columns I’ve been sending out for over fifteen
years.
This Sunday wasn’t any different except for the fact that
the NFL playoffs were interfering with my column effort. I
don’t know if you believe in God, but I do and He always
seems to know when I should slack up and chill out for the
remainder of the weekend.
This afternoon, as I sat down I checked my e-mail and the
following article was sent to me by some unknown friend
out there. I can’t thank you enough…It says what I would
have said if I had time to think about it…enjoy this one,
remember I didn’t compose it…
Ever have one of those days where you feel like you
haven’t accomplished a thing? Well, I think I found out
why I do. I was recently diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D.
Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests itself:
I decided to wash my car. As I start toward to the garage,
I notice
that there is mail on the hall table. I decide to go
through the mail before I
wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the
junk mail in the
trashcan under the table, and notice that the trashcan is
full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take
out the trash
first but then I think, since I’m going to be near the
mailbox when I take
out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I
take my
checkbook 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 to my
desk where I find
the can of Coke that I had 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. I see that the Coke is getting warm, and I
decide I should put it in the refrigerator to keep it
cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke a dying
houseplant on the counter catches my eye–it needs to be
watered. I set the Coke down on the counter, and I
discover my sunglasses that I’ve been searching for all
morning. I decide I’d better put them back on my desk, but
first I ‘ m going to water the houseplant. I set the
sunglasses back down on the counter, fill a container with
water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it
on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to
watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody
will remember that it’s on the kitchen table.
So I decide to put it back in the family room where it
belongs, but
first I’ll water the plant. I splash some water on the
plant, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the
remote back down 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
houseplant isn’t watered, there is still only one check in
my checkbook, I can’t find the remote, I can’t find my
sunglasses, 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 long, and I’m really tired. I realize this is a
serious problem, and I’ll try to get some help for it
on-line, but first I’ll check my e-mail…
Do me a favor, will you? Send this message to your close
friends you know, because I don’t remember to whom it has
been sent. Don’t laugh – if this isn’t you yet, your day
is coming! And if I have sent this to you before…. well;
now you know why you’re getting it again.
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve done all of these and
more…Have a good week.
