Post by Claire on Jun 27, 2006 0:04:56 GMT -5
Dear Friends, if you have been secrectly wondering what is wrong
> > >> with me, I now have the answer...
> > >> Recently, I was diagnosed with C. A. A. D. D. (Child Activated
> > >> Attention Deficit Disorder)
> > >>
> > >> This is how it manifests:
> > >>
> > >> I decide to do the laundry. As I start toward the basement, I notice
> > >> that there are cheerios all over the floor and my car keys are in
> > >> the cereal bowl.
> > >>
> > >> I decide to pick up the cheerios before I do the laundry. I lay my
> > >> car keys down on the counter, put the cheerios in the trash can
> > >> under the counter, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I
> > >> decide to take out the trash.
> > >>
> > >> But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take
> > >> out the trash 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 office/playroom, so I go to my desk
> > >> where I find a sippy cup full of juice. I'm going to look for my
> > >> checks,
> > >> but first I decide I should put the sippy cup in the refrigerator
> > >> to keep it cold.
> > >>
> > >> As I head toward the kitchen with the sippy cup a vase of flowers
> > >> on the counter catches my eye - they need to be watered. I set the
> > >> sippy cup on the counter, and I discover baby wipes that I've been
> > >> searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back in the
> > >> bathroom, but
> > >> first I'm going to water the flowers.
> > >>
> > >> I set the wipes back down and splash some water on the flowers, but
> > >> most of it spills on the floor. So, I get some paper 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 laundry isn't washed, the bills aren't
> > >> paid, there is a warm cup of juice sitting on the counter, the
> > >> flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my
> > >> checkbook, I
> > >> can't find the wipes, 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, because I don't
> > >> remember to whom it has been sent.
> > >>
> > >> Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming! ;D
> > >> with me, I now have the answer...
> > >> Recently, I was diagnosed with C. A. A. D. D. (Child Activated
> > >> Attention Deficit Disorder)
> > >>
> > >> This is how it manifests:
> > >>
> > >> I decide to do the laundry. As I start toward the basement, I notice
> > >> that there are cheerios all over the floor and my car keys are in
> > >> the cereal bowl.
> > >>
> > >> I decide to pick up the cheerios before I do the laundry. I lay my
> > >> car keys down on the counter, put the cheerios in the trash can
> > >> under the counter, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I
> > >> decide to take out the trash.
> > >>
> > >> But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take
> > >> out the trash 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 office/playroom, so I go to my desk
> > >> where I find a sippy cup full of juice. I'm going to look for my
> > >> checks,
> > >> but first I decide I should put the sippy cup in the refrigerator
> > >> to keep it cold.
> > >>
> > >> As I head toward the kitchen with the sippy cup a vase of flowers
> > >> on the counter catches my eye - they need to be watered. I set the
> > >> sippy cup on the counter, and I discover baby wipes that I've been
> > >> searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back in the
> > >> bathroom, but
> > >> first I'm going to water the flowers.
> > >>
> > >> I set the wipes back down and splash some water on the flowers, but
> > >> most of it spills on the floor. So, I get some paper 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 laundry isn't washed, the bills aren't
> > >> paid, there is a warm cup of juice sitting on the counter, the
> > >> flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my
> > >> checkbook, I
> > >> can't find the wipes, 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, because I don't
> > >> remember to whom it has been sent.
> > >>
> > >> Don't laugh - if this isn't you yet, your day is coming! ;D
