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 takeout 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, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote, one of the kids left it on the kitchen table.

I realize that after school when they go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote as they fight over who lost it, 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 splash some water on the flowers, 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
and 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 remote,
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.

Although this is me to a "t" right now I did not come up with this it was sent to me in an email by a friend. I got of kick out of it and thought you might too.