在車道打開水管後
我發現車子該洗了
當要走向車庫時
發現走廊矮桌的信件(是我稍早由信箱拿出來的)
我想應該在洗車前把信件處理一下
所以把車鑰匙放桌上
將垃圾廣告信放到桌下的垃圾桶
此時卻發現垃圾桶滿了
所以決定把帳單先放桌上
先去倒垃圾
我突想到既出去倒垃圾
就可以順便把寫好的支票丟到信箱
(美國的門口信箱有些可以放信讓郵差取走)
所以就回桌寫支票
但發現只剩一張空白支票
而支票簿在書房
只好進入書房拿
此時見到我喝剩的可樂罐
我是要找支票簿沒錯
但必須把可樂罐拿開
才不會弄翻它
因可樂已不涼了
我想應該放回冰箱
但我走到廚房時
看到廚房櫃檯上一排待澆水的花
我把可樂放下
卻發現了我找一個早上都找不到的老花眼鏡
但我想還是把它放在桌上
先澆花再說
當我在澆水器裝滿水後
卻發現不知誰把電視遙控器放在廚房檯上
我知道這樣一來
晚上在書房看電視時 一定會找不到遙控器
所以必須先把遙控器放回書房
但還是要先澆花完再說
我澆了花卻大部份都濺到地板了
只好把遙控器放回桌子
拿抹布來擦
這時我回走廊努力想我是要幹什麼
到這一天的最後結束的時候
車子沒洗
支票沒寄出
廚房櫃台有一罐溫可樂
花的水沒澆夠
支票簿仍然只有一張支票
我找不到遙控器
找不到眼鏡
我也不知道車鑰匙放哪去了
我很困惑為什麼什麼事都沒做成
但我卻忙得要命
而且很累
我知道問題蠻嚴重的
必須找人幫忙
不過還是先看看email吧
但請幫忙把我此信轉給你認識的所有任何人
因我也忘了曾寄給誰
不要笑
因為有一天也會輪到你
AAADD
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 bee n 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 f ind 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 damn 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 hell I've sent it
to.
Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!!
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