I think alot of us can relate to this !

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How AAADD is manifested:


I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I
look over at my car and decide my car needs washing.

As I start toward the garage, I notice that there is 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 down 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 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 vase of flowers on the
counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.

I set the Coke down on the counter, and I 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 I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I think I am already here ..

I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will 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 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 flowers don't have enough water,

there is still only one 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 long, 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, will you? Forward this message to everyone 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!

GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL.
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!
 

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that says it perfectly..i have a pin somewhere that says i just wander from room to room.
 

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that's me. u hit the nail on the head. u feel like u doing something all day, and nothing has been accomplished. :( they diagnosed me with OCD...obsessive compulsive disorder
 

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LOL, its one of those things where you see something in your travels through your house, but when you need them, you have no idea where you saw them! Glasses, nail clippers, scissors.. etc. I HATE THAT!
 

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OH I swear, I HAVE had days like that!!! And then I'm tired...with a zillion things started. LOL :)
 
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LOL I can really relate to this!!! I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone. When I really need to complete a task, I have to tell myself over and over again not to get side tracked. I had a good laugh when I read this.

Dena :D
 

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LOL!!! As my mom approached her 90s she said she was worried on days like this that she had "" that mind illness,,,al something" I told her no, she didn't .....don't worry if you can't find the car keys, you worry when you find them and don't know what they are.!
 

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I'll walk to a room for something and forget what I was after by the time I get there, and trust me our house is not big!
 

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Yep, even as I type I've got half a dozen things I've started this morning, doubt any of them will get done fully today.....
 

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bubbatd said:
LOL!!! As my mom approached her 90s she said she was worried on days like this that she had "" that mind illness,,,al something" I told her no, she didn't .....don't worry if you can't find the car keys, you worry when you find them and don't know what they are.!

LOL, I hope I never reach that point!
 

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Lol! That is a perfect description of Martin!!!! :D He is so like that it drives me mad! He always starts things and never, ever finishes them!! I would like to think that i'm more organised than that but I bet i'm not! lol! :D
 

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OK, I just drove to the grocery store to get something I needed, but now that I'm there, what do I need?
 

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