Radosti
10-22-2007, 02:39 PM
Someone e-mailed this to me and it's so my life!!!
Recently, I was diagnosed with CAADD:
Child Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
This is how it manifests:
I decide to do the laundry. As I start toward the laundry room, I notice
that there are cheerios all over the floor and my house keys are in
the cereal bowl. I decide to pick up the cheerios before I do the
laundry. I lay my 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 check book off the table, and see that
there is only one check left, my extra checks are in my desk in the
office, so I go to my desk where I find a sippy cup full of juice.
I'm going to look for my checks, but 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 wilting plant on the counter catches my eye--it
needs 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 plants. I set the wipes back down, fill a container with
water and suddenly I spot the TV remote, left on the kitchen table. I realize that when I go to watch TV, I will be I 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 plants. I splash some water on the plant, but most of it
spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down, 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 plants aren't watered, there is still only one check in my check book, I can't find the remote, I can't find the wipes, and I don't remember what I did with my 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
here to see what's going on.
Recently, I was diagnosed with CAADD:
Child Activated Attention Deficit Disorder
This is how it manifests:
I decide to do the laundry. As I start toward the laundry room, I notice
that there are cheerios all over the floor and my house keys are in
the cereal bowl. I decide to pick up the cheerios before I do the
laundry. I lay my 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 check book off the table, and see that
there is only one check left, my extra checks are in my desk in the
office, so I go to my desk where I find a sippy cup full of juice.
I'm going to look for my checks, but 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 wilting plant on the counter catches my eye--it
needs 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 plants. I set the wipes back down, fill a container with
water and suddenly I spot the TV remote, left on the kitchen table. I realize that when I go to watch TV, I will be I 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 plants. I splash some water on the plant, but most of it
spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down, 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 plants aren't watered, there is still only one check in my check book, I can't find the remote, I can't find the wipes, and I don't remember what I did with my 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
here to see what's going on.