Day 13 - Post Nap 1

Alarm 3:30pm

I slept through my alarm (I don't even remember hearing it sounding off) and we woke up at 6:10pm, just in time to get my wife ready and off to work. Also, there was no record in SleepBot of what transpired during that time frame.

While I do feel refreshed, I have a thick feeling in my head, not unlike before when I was still on monophasic sleeping, those rare times when I would oversleep on the weekends for 10+ hours after a week of not getting enough sleep.

Even though it is less than an hour until Nap 2, I still plan to sleep then because I don't trust the extra sleep enough to rotect me from possible sleep deprivation symptoms.

Day 13 - Post Core

Alarm: 12:30am

As mention in Day 12 - Pre Core, we set our alarms forward by 30 minutes. Judging by the SleepBot, it would appear that finishing SWS, I began moving around in my sleep roughly every 20 minutes... does that mean that I got 4-5 REM cycles in?

When I woke up, I could remember more than one dream (one in which I decided was not very entertaining and consciously stopped it and restarted a new one), saw that I was 30 minutes past regular wake time, and was anxious that I had over slept until I remembered the temporary schedule change.

I also felt "thick-headed" for lack of a better work. For the next 20 minutes, I paced around the house switching on and off light switched in different rooms because I couldn't remember what I was doing, or going to do, or should be doing instead.

After that extended spin-up period, I felt great! and indeed was extra productive all the way up to Nap 1, which I was reluctant to stop for, but knowing that I would only be down for 20 minutes and what the repercussions for delaying a nap can by, deciding that I should go nap was not too difficult of a decision.

Day 12 - Pre Core

In bed by: 9:00pm

Spent the afternoon working in yard and moving our driveway fence line forward 6 feet so that we can open have our front door open all the time allowing the dogs access to the backyard at all times.

We saved time making dinner by reheating left-overs and adding a delicious salad and steamed spinach from our backyard aquaponic garden, so we decided to enjoy a few episodes of Battlestar Galactica, Season 2 episodes 22 and 23, which ended on an intense cliff hanger. 

Arrrggh! We had just enough time to watch another episode so we did, but episode 24 is another "to be continued", they're about to attack the giant Cylon resurrection ship. It took a bit of will power not to hit next!

Were were in bed in time, but by the time we relaxed and were ready to sleep, it was already 9pm so we reset our alarms. 

Day 12 - Post Nap 3

Alarm: 12:50

Decent nap that was just a little snafu. Though SleepBot doesn't show it, I could clearly hear a telephone conversation and laughing drifting in though my bedroom windows, and I a fairly certain that I did not fall asleep immediately as I usually do.

My wife also tells me that the dog was whining loudly outside our window because we put her outside while we slept because we had just fed her and didn't have a chance to walk her before nap time. 

Perhaps those are reasons why I don't remember hearing the alarm and slept right through it? With a total time of 38 minutes, I awoke a bit dizzy and felt sluggish (but not sleepy) for at least the next 30 minutes.

Day 12 - Post Nap 2

Alarm 7:00am

Perfect nap! Good-timing and uninterrupted, I awoke even more refreshed than after a good core sleep.

SleepBot decided to only record for the first minute though, so perhaps I squished the "Wake Up" button with my pillow before my screen had a chance to turn itself off and lock.

Day 12 - Post Nap 1

Alarm: 3:50pm

Bam! That's what I'm talking about! Another perfect nap + exercise = more feel good hours for me. : )

Day 12 - Post Core

Alarm: 12:00am

Despite the bump at 9:30pm (which I don't remember), this was a perfect core sleep and I awoke with practically no symptoms. I laid my phone between my wife and me (which I don't normally do) so there are few extra bumps from her. She just informed me that one at 9:30pm was when her phone crashed to the floor.

Some ice-cold lemon+water and a couple of pieces of chilled cantaloupe later, and I'm very much looking forward to the rest of today. :)