You Know You've Got ADD When . . .

(Part 3)

. . .you must use the one hour photo because you can't stand waiting for your pics, then the store hands you the package of pics that your son put in last April!! (His science camp)

. . .on your way from Washington to California, you pass through Vancouver, B.C.

. . .you look in your purse for the keys to your car, (they're not there) and you find they're locked in your car which is still running!!!

. . .you stage a laugh at a joke at the right place cause you know you missed something but don't want to appear to.

. . .as you're leaving the house and you remember you forgot to take your medication, you think maybe you don't really need it.

. . .you get up at 6:30 to be able to leave for work by 8:30 because although you're ready in 45 min. you won't be finished playing on the computer and you know gyou're going to leave late anyway.

. . .you can think of a hundred different things that make you ADD, but when you go to write them down you can't remember any of them.

. . .you actually make a list of 20 things to get done at work, or home and at the end of the day nothing is crossed off because you did 30 things you didn't have on you list. (Have any of you ever added those things to your list to feel better?)

. . .you think you can learn to play the jaw harp while driving a stick shift car in Chicago.

. . .you go through five family member names both dogs and the rabbits name before you get to your friends name. Then they give you that funny look, and all you can say is, "WHAT?"

. . .you find the plunger and forget what you were going to plunge. Also while searching for the plunger you find the hammer,the nails and other various objects you were looking for last week.

. . .you're making coffee and pour the grounds where the water should go.

. . .ruin the toaster that sits next to the coffee pot because you poured the water into the bread slots instead of into the pot.

. . .you send your glasses to the teller instead of your deposit at the drive-in bank window.

. . .you go to take the cake you were going to bake out of the oven, but it wasn't there . . . the pan of batter was sitting in the refrigerator, raw?

. . .you're driving at night on a dark road, suddenly"come to" after losing track and have no idea where you are and have to keep on going, hoping something will finally look familiar!

. . .while looking for your purse, someone reminds you it is under your arm already.

. . .you're in the car driving down the street when you notice you still have the TV remote in your hand.

. . .when you capitalize parts of words like ADDress, ADult, ADDed, ADage, ADDicted, ADept, ADDrenaline, ADmonish, ADhere ADmit, ADlib, ADnauseam.

. . .you go to put something away in the other room and forget to take it with you.

. . .you get a card that says the item you ordered is out of stock and you're glad because you don't know why you ordered the thing to begin with.

. . .your therapist doesn't have a clue.

. . .your new book on ADD seems to have sticky covers, and you can't seem to put it down.

. . .a dull moment seems more like a welcome reprive

. . .you spend an entire afternoon making Chili Verde and forget to put the chili's in.

. . .you make a special trip down to the basement to take the clothes out of the clothesdryer, and you beat yourself to it, because you already took them out a few hours ago!

. . .after shopping, you get all the way to my car BEFORE realizing the cart you were pushing is empty (you left your back by the cashier)

. . .the brownies you baked were gooey and you realize you left out the flour.

. . .you have to be across town by 7:00. While walking out the door at 6:39 you see a movie that has to be back by 7:00. No problem, it's on the way. Go in to return the movie and it's not in the box. Well, that's okay, I can be "fashionably late". While driving back home I realize I'm low on gas. That's okay, it's still enough. Leaving the engine running, I go in to get the movie. It's not rewound. Rewind the movie. While waiting I go ahead and put up the leftover dinner since the kids won't be home to eat. Begin cleaning the kitchen when I realize the movie stopped awhile ago. Grab movie and run out to car...that is still running!
That's okay, only have about 20 miles to go and it's not in the red, yet. Get to my meeting, told dear hubby I would be back by 11:00. 11:10 I realized I had better leave, thinking I would stop to get gas on the way home. No gas station the entire way home. That's okay, I still have a few miles left in the red. Whew! Made it home on faith and fumes.
Next day, dear hubby asks why I didn't put gas in the car. Geez, I didn't have time and I can't do EVERYTHING!

. . .your spouse finds you sitting, drinking coffee, and staring into space in the middle of a usually busy day. You explain that you have absolutely nothing to do since you lost your TO DO list and can't remember even 1 thing that was on it.

. . .you go to the supermarket, pay for your groceries, get in the car, drive all the way home, only to discover that you left all the groceries (all 4 bags) sitting at the cash register. TALK ABOUT EMBARRASSING.

. . .of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!

. . .you cycle your digital clocks three times around because you can't pay attention long enough to stop when the right hour comes up.

. . .the alarm goes off twelve hours late because you didn't notice the AM / PM indicator was wrong.

. . .You go outside to get the trash cans on a Firday when the trash was picked up on Wed.

. . .driving by a fire station my 5 year old son said, "Mom how do the firemen known when there's a fire?" "The alarm goes off" I said in that mommie knows all voice.
"You mean the alarm goes ON" my son corrected me.