Distraction

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I’m not saying I get distracted but.....

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 walk toward the car,
I notice bills on the table that
I brought up from the mail box earlier.
I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.
I put my car keys on the table,
put the junk mail in the bin 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 dirt 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.
so I go inside the house to my desk where
the computer is and I find the bottle of water I’d been drinking.
To get the keyboard first I need to push the water aside
so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.
The water is getting warm,
and I decide to put it in the fridge to keep it cold.
As I head toward the kitchen with the water bottle,
I see a vase of flowers on the counter
they need water.
I put the water 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 realise 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 lounge 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 paper towels and wipe up the water
Then, I head down the passage 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 bottle of water sitting on the counter
the flowers don’t have enough water,
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 flipping 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….