Grow Your Own Magazine

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 drive, Ilook over at my car and decide it needs washing. As I start toward the garage, I notice that the mail is on the hall table where I put it earlier. I decide to go throught the mail before I wash the car. I lay my car keys down on the, put the junk mail in the paper bin and notice that it needs to be emptied.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the hall table and take the rubbish out first. But then I think that I might as well write the cheques to pay the bills first, and then put all the envelopes and rubish in the bin at the same time.
I pick up my cheque bookand discover there is only one left. My new cheque book is in thother room in the drawer of my pc workstation, so I go to fetch it and find the can of Coke that I had been drinking earlier. I move the Coke can so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that it is getting warm and decide to put it in the Fridge to keep it cool.

As I head towards the kitchen with the coke I notice the plants in the Hall - they need to bee watered. I put the Coke down on the shelf and discover my reading glasses that Iv'e been searching for all morning. I decide that I had better put then back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the plants.

I put the glasses back on the shelf and go to the kitchen to fill a jug with water. Suddenly I spot the TV remote on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV I will be looking for the remote that I won't remember is on the kitchen table so I should put it back on top pf the TV where it belongs. BUT first I will water the plants. So I put the remote back on the table and pour some water into the jug but spill some of it on the floor. I get some towels to mop up the spill and head off 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 on the Hall shelf, the plants aren't watered, there is only one cheque left in the book, I can't find the remote or my glasses and I can't remember what I did wit the car keys. Iv'e been busy all day and I'm really tired but I can't work why I haven't got anything done.

Now I am quite sure that 'Grapes' are not like this but it does sound just a bit familiar.

__________________
Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

That really made me smile. I'm sure we've all had days like that! Not entirely sure that it age related at all.

Kirsty

I know the feeling well!

I think it is A A A D D , Roitelet. It comes on at about age 16, and some people never get over it.

It sounds like I am permanantly!!!!!

I am still laughing, tears running down my face. This is such a recognisable phenomenon.
Mr MB said to tell you SNAFU (situation normal, all fouled up) which I think we all recognise.
thank you so much, you have just been able to explain why I feel so tired all the time.!

__________________
Regards, Jane
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? The creative adult is the child who has survived.
Ursula LeGuin
http://www.etribes.com/madderbat

Thought that was a great mail. you might just as well be speaking for me. Every day is like that in my house. it really cheered me up to know i am not alone.

Me to a T Roitelet. If I'm not looking for my keys I'm looking for my glasses

Just sounds like a normal day to me...what's all the fuss about?

__________________
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

I call them senior moments, trouble is it's a bit much when they go on all day. Seriously, though, it's good to know I'm not the only one

Think you've just described my life RL. And like the others said, I don't think its just age related.

....... sorry, what were we talking about ........

__________________
ntg

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

Glad you all enjoyed it.

What was the thread I think Iv'e lost it

Just wait until you all start talking about lawns

__________________
Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

What age are you when you get up to do something and when you get to where you're going you forget what it was you went for? Just asking because I can't remember what age it was when you get up to do something and when you get to where you're going you forget what it was you went for? Just asking ....

__________________
Digger-07

"If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right" Henry Ford.

We are living in a parallel universe Roitelet. I'm so full of good intentions but have zero focus ability - JUST as you described. That was a great post. As they say "I'm busy doing nothing, working the whole day through". When I'm in the garden it gets worse as there's so much more ground to loose stuff in. Have total empathy with you!

Great post and a good laugh this morning roitelet

__________________
SSx
not every situation requires a big onion

Perfect!!!!

Maybe that's why we are all so good at pottering on the lottie/veg plot????

If I havn't found my glasses I've not a hope in hell of finding my keys. Might be worth checking the fridge though thats where most lost items turn up in my house!!

__________________
Tina

[/size][/font][/i][/color]

Thanks for that, it really made me smile! Thought it was just me......now what were we talking about? DDL

__________________
Appreciate the little things in life because one day you will realise they are the big things

In the "Meaning of Liff" (life) by Douglas Adams he refers to going in to a room and wondering what on earth you went into it for as a "Woking" (apologies to all those Grapes who live in Woking). My husband and I have alot of Woking moments!
Good book if anyone fancies reading it!

LOL
I knew I was losing it years ago when I found myself trying to fit the toaster into the fridge and wondering why the door wouldn't close!
have never been the same since
Mr MB says if he loses anything he always checks the microwave first!! But of course whatever is in the last place you look!!!???

__________________
Regards, Jane
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? The creative adult is the child who has survived.
Ursula LeGuin
http://www.etribes.com/madderbat

Of course it's in the last place you look - because once you've found it, you stop looking.

But I have to admit to finding the car keys in the freezer once... and I'm not quite halfway through my three-score and ten so I can't exactly blame it on old age.

__________________
Kris

I child-proofed my house, but they still manage to get in.

Muddy Musings - a blog

Perhaps its the germination process?? How are things with you both?

__________________
Regards, Jane
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? The creative adult is the child who has survived.
Ursula LeGuin
http://www.etribes.com/madderbat