I Remembered!

Okay. I was gonna write about it but forgot what it was I was gonna write about. Actually I remembered a couple of days after that but I was busy with something else so I wasn't able to write about it. Then I forgot I was going to write about it. And then this morning I remembered I haven't written about it yet so here goes.

I too have A. A. A. D. D. -- Age-Activated-Attention-Deficit Disorder! There. The secret's not so secret anymore.

And it is manifesting itself right now...

I booted up my laptop because I needed to work on a couple of things a client wants for tomorrow. But of course whenever I'm on my computer I have to have my e-mail client on. And when it loaded, I went through my e-mails from four or five of my e-mail addresses, replying to items which need my attention. Oh, and then I got to some messages (actually newsletters) that have interesting links and I had to fire up my browser to read through the entire article (several of them actually).

And then I remembered I have yet to post another entry on my blog so I proceeded to my blog's dashboard. Then I remembered my cousin saying she can't post comments on my blog since she is not a blogger. So I went through the settings and finally set it so that anyone can post comments on what I write.

Sigh. And then I remembered that I should be working on what the client wants for tomorrow. So I loaded up my programming tools in preparation for that. But then I remembered that I have yet to post on my blog! I've been meaning to do this for more than a week now so now that I'm on my blog I feel I should finally do it. And as you can see I finally did.

Argh! An hour after booting up my laptop with the intention of working, I've gotten only as far as loading up my programming tools.

Anyway, here's the e-mail that helped me realize my condition...I have to get back to work.

Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D.
Age-Activated-Attention-Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:


I decide to wash my car. As I start toward 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 trash can 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 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 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 splash some water on the flowers, 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 flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, 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.