Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

Thank goodness there's a name for this 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 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 it 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 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 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. The Grey Nomad Site 

woody