[Rhodes22-list] Syndrome spreading ...no remedy

[Michael D. Weisner]

Elle,

Very good.  Been there, done this (all of it!) and can't remember anything 
about a shirt!

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "elle" <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> Friday, January 25, 2008 6:56 PM
> 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 Coke I'd 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Coke is getting warm,
>>
>> and I decide to 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 water.
>>
>>
>>
>> I put the Coke 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 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 Coke sitting on the counter
>>
>> the flowers don't have enough water,
>>
>> there is still only 1 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,
>>
>> 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  I've sent it to.
>>
>>
>> Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is
>> coming
>>
>>
>>
>
> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>
> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
>
>
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