Thank GOD there’s a name for this disorder! 

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 thatI 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 anyway When I take out the garbage, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my cheque book off the table and see that there is only one cheque left. My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, So I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Diet Coke I’d been drinking.

I’m going to look for my cheques, But first I need to push the Diet Coke aside So that I don’t accidentally knock it over.

The Diet 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 Diet Coke, A vase of flowers on the counter Catches my eye – they need water.

I put the Diet 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
Diet Coke sitting on the counter,

The flowers don’t have enough water,
There is still only 1 cheque in my cheque 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 favour. 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!

P.S.  I don’t remember who sent it to me, so if it was you, I’m sorry.