Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

I have been trying to sit down at the computer to write the instructions for turning those small pieces of left-over soap bars into new ones for the last three days, but simply could not finish it. All the photos are in a folder and there are two or three variations on the basic recipe, but the most important part will have to wait yet another day or so.

Yesterday morning I sat down and started on it but I just could not put it into words that would make sense to you. Then Mia (granddaughter of two and a few months) needed attention (can such a small girl really keep you so busy???) and after we looked at the flowers and enjoyed the winter sun, I switched on the kettle to make yet another hot cup of coffee (when did I start to enjoy cold coffee?...lol),- sometimes I can boil water three or four times and never get to actually making the coffee. Read more...

Then the phone rang and I had to go and collect the lavender that I need to make lavender bottles/wands for Adri's (my daughter) wedding. I did not expect such a big box full of lavender stalks , so it took me nearly the whole day to sort the ones that could be used and tying the others into bundles. In between I tried all kinds of small arrangements and sometimes just sat and thought about ways to use the left-over stalks, and so the hours slipped by....

According to herbalists and aroma therapists, lavender is supposed to calm your nerves and aid in peaceful sleep. Well, all I can say, after working with lavender for nearly six hours, I was sooooooooo tired and sleepy, I actually went to bed at 9pm!!! Can we believe these experts in the lavender field, or does it have something to do with the fact that it is winter in South Africa and temperatures have dropped considerably over the past two days.

Or worse still, is old age finally creeping up on me?? I received this "info" in an e-mail a while ago and it is really an apt description of many of my days, especially the searching for my reading glasses!!!
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A.A.A.D.D. - AGE ACTIVATED ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER

This is supposedly how it manifests itself;

I decide to water my garden. As I turn on the hose I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I start towards the garage I notice mail on the table that I'd collected from the letter box earlier. I decided to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, open the bills and put the junk mail in the recycling bin and notice that it is full. So I put all the bills back on the table and take out the rubbish first.

But then I think, since I'm going to be near the post box when I take the rubbish out I may as well write out the cheques for the bills and get them posted.

I take my cheque book off the table and notice there's only one cheque left. My new cheque book is in the desk drawer so I go over to my desk and find the can of Coke I'd been drinking earlier. I'm going to write out my cheques but first I need to move the can so I don't accidentally knock it over. The Coke is getting warm so I decide to put it in the fridge.

As I head towards the kitchen with the Coke, a vase of flowers on the worktop catches my eye --they need water. I put the coke on the worktop and find my reading glasses that I'd been searching for the day before. I set the glasses back down and fill a container with water. I suddenly spot the TV remote control has been left on the kitchen table.

I realise that when we watch TV tonight I'll be looking for the remote control but won't be able to remember that it's on the kitchen table. So I decide to put it back by the TV where it belongs; but first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the vase but some spills on the floor...so I put the remote control back on the table while I wipe up the spill.

Then I head back down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day:

· the garden's not watered
· the car isn't washed
· the bill's aren't paid
· there's a warm can of coke sitting on the worktop
· the flowers don't have enough water
· the bill's haven't been paid
· the recycling bin is still full
· I can't find my glasses
· I can't find the remote control
· and I can'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, and I'm really tired.



Don't laugh...if this isn't you yet, your day is coming.