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Thread: Is this early Alzheimer's??

  1. #1
    Desert Rat
    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 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 mailbox 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 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 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 realize the C oke
    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 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 driveway is flooded,
    the car isn't washed,
    the bills aren't paid,
    there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter,
    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 who I have sent it to.
    Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is coming!

  2. #2
    JetBoatRich
    The Life You Old Guys Live:d

  3. #3
    spectratoad
    That must be why I have about 16 projects going on.

  4. #4
    HM
    Are you following me?

  5. #5
    Trailer Park Casanova
    I just retired at an early age and have 15 simple projects going at the same time,, none of which will get done any time soon, or ever.
    But I would say my day is about par with yours.
    Same goofy adventures in about a 50 foot radius.
    Quit drinking though,, and it feels good to wake up without a hangover.

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