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

[elle]

 Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - 
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> Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. 
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> This is how it manifests: 
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> I decide to water my garden.  
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> As I turn on the hose in the driveway, 
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> I look over at my car and decide it needs washing. 
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> As I start toward the garage, 
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> I notice mail on the porch table that 
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> I brought up from the mail box earlier. 
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> 

> I decide to go through the mail before I wash the
> car. 
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>
> 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. 
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> 
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> So, I decide to put the bills back  on the table and
take out the garbage first. 
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> 
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> But then I think, 
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> since I'm going to be near the mailbox 
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> when I take out the garbage anyway, 
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> I may as well pay the bills first. 
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> 
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> I take my check book off the table, 
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> and see that there is only one check left. 
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> 
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> My extra checks are in my desk in the study, 
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> so I go inside the house to my desk where 
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> I find the can of Coke I'd been drinking. 
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> 
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> I'm going to look for my checks, 
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> but first I need to push the Coke aside 
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> so that I don't accidentally knock it over. 
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> The Coke is getting warm, 
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> and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep
> it cold. 
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> 
> As I head toward the kitchen with the Coke, 
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> a vase of flowers on the counter 
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> catches my eye--they need water. 
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> 
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> I put the Coke on the counter and 
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> discover my reading glasses that 
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> I've been searching for all morning. 
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> 
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> I decide I better put them back on my desk, 
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> but first I'm going to water the flowers. 
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> 
> 
> I set the glasses back down on the counter, 
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> fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV
> remote. 
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> Someone left it on the kitchen table. 
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> 
> 
> I realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, 
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> I'll be looking for the remote, 
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> but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table,
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> 
> so I decide to put it back in the den where it
> belongs, 
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> but first I'll water the flowers. 
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> 
> 
> I pour some water in the flowers, 
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> but quite a bit of it spills on the floor. 
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> 
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> So, I set the remote back on the table, 
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> get some towels and wipe up the spill. 
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> Then, I head down the hall trying to 
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> remember what I was planning to do. 
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> At the end of the day: 
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> the car isn't washed 
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> the bills aren't paid 
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> there is a warm can of Coke sitting on the counter 
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> the flowers don't have enough water, 
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> there is still only 1 check in my check book, 
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> I can't find the remote, 
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> I can't find my glasses, 
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> and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. 
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> Then, when I try to figure out why nothing got done
> today, 
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> I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all
> day, 
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> and I'm really tired. 
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> 
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> I realize this is a serious problem, 
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> and I'll try to get some help for it, 
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> but first I'll check my e-mail.... 
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> 
> Do me a favor. 
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> Forward this message to everyone you know, 
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> because I don't remember who  I've sent it to. 
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> 
> Don't laugh -- if this isn't you yet, your day is
> coming 
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> 
> 

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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