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 typically 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 sort through it 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 anyway when I take out the garbage, 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 a can of Pepsi I'd been drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to move 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, where I discover the reading glasses I've been searching for all morning. I decide I’d better put them back on my desk, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set my 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 that remote, but won't remember where I saw it; 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 flower vase, but quite a bit spills on the floor. So I set the remote back down on the table, 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 car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a can of warm Pepsi sitting on the counter, the flowers don't have enough water, there is still only one 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 have decided to get help for it; but first I'll check my e-mail....