Humor's Healing Power: Boomer Humor Stress-Buster Break
Every once in awhile one of those anonymous email "Forwards" catches our attention because it is funny, or true, or like the one below, both:
A. A. A. D. D. [ Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder]
- I decide to water my garden.
- 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 mailbox 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, and notice the can is full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the garbage first.
- But then since I*m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the garbage y, I may as well pay the bills --Then take out the garbage.
- Opening my checkbook, I see that there is only 1 check left. My extra checks are in my desk, so I go inside the house, where I find the bottle of water I*d been drinking.
- I*m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the water aside so that I don*t accidentally knock it over. The bottle is getting warm, so I decide to put it in the refrigerator.
- As I head toward the kitchen, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--it needs water--but I discover my reading glasses that I*ve been searching for all morning. I*d 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, where I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the kitchen table.
- I know that tonight when we go to watch TV, we*ll be looking for the remote, but I won*t remember it*s on the kitchen table, so I* better put it back in the den where it belongs. 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 recall what I was about to do. . .
At the end of the day:
- The car isn*t washed,
- The bills aren*t paid
- There is a warm bottle of water sitting on the counter
- The flowers are dead
- There is still only 1 check in my checkbook
- My son is yelling, *Where is the remote?*
- I can*t find my glasses. . .and I don*t recall what I did with the car keys.
How can that be? I was so busy all day long and I*m exhausted.
I realize this is a problem and I*ll try to get some help for it. . . but first I just need to check my e-mail. . .
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