Recently, I was diagnosed with AAADD - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:

I decide to water my garden.

As I turn on the hose in the driveway, I look over at my car and decide it needs washing.

As I go inside for a bucket, I notice mail on the porch table that came through the letter-box earlier.

I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car.

I lay my car keys on the table, put the junk mail in the waste bin under the table and notice that the bin is full.

So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the rubbish first.

But then I think, since I'm going to go outside when I wash the car, I may as well pay the bills first.

I take my cheque book off the table and see that there is only one cheque left.

My extra cheques are in my desk in the study, so I go upstairs to my desk where I find the cup of coffee I'd been drinking.

I'm going to look for my cheques, but first I need to put the coffee to one side so that I don't accidentally knock it over.

The coffee is getting cold, and I decide to put it in the microwave to warm it up.

As I head toward the kitchen with the coffee, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye; they need water.

I put the coffee on the table and discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning.

I decide I better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers.

I set the glasses back down on the table, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.

I realise that tonight when we go to watch TV, I'll be 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 lounge where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers.

I pour some water in the flowers, but some spills on the floor.

So, I set the remote back on the table, get some 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 car isn't washed,

The bills aren't paid,

There is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the table,

The flowers don't have enough water,

There is still only one cheque in my cheque book,

I can't find the remote,

I can't find my glasses,

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 and I'm really tired.

I realise this is a serious problem and I'll try to get some help for it, but first I'll check my e-mail....