Lyme Activated Attention Deficit Disorder (LAADD)...funny stuff?

A good comedian makes us laugh at reality by presenting the facts in a way that the audience can recognize the humor without being offended by what otherwise may be considered a fault, disability, character trait, or whatever. So, sometimes, we laugh at ourselves or others simply because we have opened our minds to a new perspective of a bad situation, and it is a good thing. Laughter is often the better medicine. I received the following piece of comedic literature in one of those never ending forwarded emails that are forever circulating the internet. I am guessing the author, like myself, was probably suffering from a real case of Lyme's Disease with neurological symptoms because the authors description of one days activities are typical of my average day. Only the reality of living with this "brain fog" everyday is not so funny as the authors one day perspective, so I have renamed the diagnosis as LAADD instead of AAADD in my blog title. That said, here it is with no text edited...enjoy...laugh out loud...then imagine it being an everyday reality and your doctor tells you it is normal aging even if you are forty something. Does that sound normal? It is reality for many.

A.A.A.D.D.

KNOW THE SYMPTOMS . . . PLEASE READ!
Thank goodness there's a name for this disorder. 
Somehow I feel better even though I have it!

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. - 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 start toward the garage, I notice mail on the porch table that I brought up from the mail 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 garbage can under the table, and notice that the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.
But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my check book off the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the study, so I go inside the house to my desk where I find the can of Pepsi I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Pepsi aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. The Pepsi is getting warm, and I decide to put it in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the Pepsi, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need water. I put the Pepsi on the counter 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 counter, fill a container with water and suddenly spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table. I realize 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 den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I pour some water in the flowers, but quite a bit of it 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 warm can of Pepsi sitting on the counter
the flowers don't have enough water,
there is still only 1 check in my check 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 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. Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don't remember who I've sent it to.

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