Sunday, June 26, 2005
AAADD!
Recently, I was diagnosed with A. A. A. D. D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder. This is how it manifests:
I decide 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 take my checkbook 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 to my desk where I find the can of Coke that I had been drinking.
I’m going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the Coke aside so that I don’t accidentally knock it over.
I see that the Coke 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 coke a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered.
I set the Coke 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 realize that tonight when we go to watch TV, I will 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 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 can of Coke sitting on the counter, the flowers aren’t watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, 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 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, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because I don’t remember to whom it has been sent.
Don’t laugh—if this isn’t you yet, your day is coming!
GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY.
GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL
LAUGHING AT YOURSELF IS THERAPEUTIC!
Sorry I can’t remember who sent it to me---par for the course --right?
Five Favorite Songs ---No Way!
A couple of weeks back I was tagged by SEB to name my five favorite songs. Well hold your breath children because after 70 years I can’t name just five.
Let us start about 42 years ago. A melody written by Beethoven haunted me while I was carrying my first born. The name I discovered when Jay found it on a web search is Midnight Sonata. The melody had all but disappeared from my memory. But as the years went on these songs come to mind.
Satisfaction by the Rolling Stones brings back dancing on the raft at Pontiac Lake in the warm summer sun.
Words Of Love by The Mamas And The Papas To hear Cass belt out the words just turned me green with envy.
Radar Love by Golden Earring If you love driving as much as I do you are going to find several driving songs in this list.
On The Road Again by Canned Heat or Willie Nelson Both versions set my toes tapping.
Draggin’ The Line by Tommy James You know it as a commercial but I know it as a smile as I drive!
Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf Driving in the dark and singing at the top of my voice!
Sweet Emotions by Arrowsmith Another loud and moving song.
Turn The Page by Bob Segar How lonesome can you sound?
Cisco Kid by War Just loved the beat --had me bobbing my head at the stop lights and other drivers staring!
Smoke On the Water by Deep Purple I don’t pretend to know what half these songs mean and I don’t care because it what I like!
When You Say Nothing At All by Allison Kraus Now this one hit the heart with clear and sweet tones!
In The Real World by Roy Orbinson What a voice! Haunting is how I describe it.
Hotel California by THe Eagles One of the groups that I have several favorites to choose from.
Love Hurts by Nazareth Another melody that pulls at the heart. For being such a noisy group this is mellow
Beth by Kiss another mellow song from a normally noisy group. I love it!
The Phantom Of The Opera by Michael Crawford 2am on M59, all the windows down 55 mph, singing along in wild abandonment!
Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac Another group with so many favorites it is hard to choose.
The Bonney Swan by Lorena McKennet Another voice so clear and sweet you want to cry.
Kisses Sweeter than Wine by the Weavers Folk music at it’s best. I have The Weavers At Carnegie Hall.
You by BonnieRaitt What can I say I like it!
Runaway by Del Shannon the organ work on this is also terrific!
Walking My Baby Back Home by James Taylor I remember sitting on the hill at Pine Knob with Sweet Thing under a tarp waiting for it to stop raining and the concert to begin!
More Than A Woman by The Bee Gees Wes bought me a CD when I found I had nothing by them in our collection.
Running On Empty by Jackson Browne When he goes into Stay Just A Little Bit Longer I melt!
Harvest Moon by Neil Young Another hold me and rock me ballad by a distinct voice.
We’ve Only Just Begun by The Carpenters Part of collection of Karen’s wonderful vocals and again very difficult to choose a favorite!
I Want To Know What Love Is by Foreigner Another group that surprises you with a great love song!
California Girls by The Beach Boys Again what can I say but you can’t love just one of their songs.
The Great American Songbooks I, II, III by Rod Stewart I like all 3 CDs because he sings songs my Mom and I sang together over the kitchen sink in up to our elbows in dishwater!
Zombie Jamboree by The Kingston Trio Another folk group who had many hits that I enjoyed.
Brandy by Looking Glass I so wanted to name Sweet Thing with her hair-- Brandy. But I went with family tradition instead and name her after the Grandmothers.
Whiter Shade Of Pale and Conquistador by Procol Harum Rank equally in my mind by this group--great!
Nights In White Satin by Moody Blues My all time favorite group. Again going to Pine Knob for their concerts was the highlight of my summer. To sit and listen to the melodies sent shivers up and down your body.
So there you have it but I’m sure I missed some along the way. So how many songs floated through your mind as you read this. How many voices did you hear from the past? But Most important did you enjoy my walk down musical lane?