Hi Huw,
Got your entry for our Athea Race. Looking forward to
seeing you and your family again.
Yours in Sport
Mary T
--- huwhuws <no_reply@...> wrote:
> Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.A.D.D. -
> Advanced Age Activated
> Attention
> Deficit Disorder
>
> This is how it manifests:
>
> I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the
> garage, I notice that
> there is
> mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the
> mail before I wash
> the car. I
> lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail
> in the trash can
> under the
> table, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I
> decide to put the
> bills back
> on the table, and take out the trash first. But then
> I think, since
> I'm
> going to
> be near the mailbox when I take out the trash
> anyway, I may as well
> pay
> the
> bills first. I find my cheque book on the table and
> see that there is
> only one
> cheque left. My extra cheques are in my desk in the
> den, so I go to
> my
> desk
> where I find the bottle of soda that I had been
> drinking. I'm going
> to
> look for
> my checks, but first I need to push the soda aside
> so that I don't
> accidentally
> knock it over. I see that the soda is getting warm,
> and I decide I
> should put it
> in the refrigerator to keep it cold.
>
> As I head toward the kitchen with the soda, a vase
> of flowers on the
> counter
> catches my eye - they need to be watered. I set the
> soda down on the
> counter,
> and I 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 counter, fill a
> container with
> water
> and
> suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on
> the kitchen table.
> I
> realise
> that tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be
> looking for the
> remote,
> but
> nobody will 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 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
> warm bottle of soda sitting on the counter, the
> flowers aren't
> watered,
> 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 long 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.
>
> You might want to forward this message to people you
> know, because
> already I
> don't remember to whom I have sent it.
>
>
>


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