Child Activated Attention Deficit Disorder

This is how it manifests:

I decide to do the laundry. As I start toward the basement, I notice that
there are cheerios all over the floor and my house keys are in the cereal
bowl.  I decide to pick up the cheerios before I do the laundry. I lay my
keys down on the counter, put the cheerios in the trash can under the
counter, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I decide to take out the
trash.

But then I think, since I’m going to be near the mailbox when I take out the
trash 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 office, so I go to my desk where I find a sippy cup full of
juice. I’m going to look for my checks, but first I decide I should put the
sippy cup in the refrigerator to keep it cold.

As I head toward the kitchen with the sippy cup a plant on the counter
catches my eye–it needs to be watered. I set the sippy cup on the counter,
and I discover baby wipes that I’ve been searching for all morning. I decide
I better put them back in the bathroom, but first I’m going to water the
plants. I set the wipes back down, fill a container with water and suddenly
I spot the TV remote, left on the kitchen table.

I realize that when I 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 plants. I splash some
water on the plant, but most of it spills on the floor.  So, I set the
remote back down, get some paper towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head
down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.