October 26, 2010

  • Quick update on my sleep adventures.

    My first two naps of the day were pretty much inconsequential. I don't think I fell asleep for either of them, really, so same as before (at 4 A. M. and 8 A. M.).

    For my 12 o'clock nap, though, I woke up not remembering where I was, glancing at a clock that said 12:30 on it without understanding why.

    I can only assume my complete lack of memory means that I fell asleep. Clearly not REM since I couldn't even have dreams to give me baring as to what had just happened, but sleep regardless.

    This was great. Then 4 P. M. rolled around.

    I wound up sleeping for 2 hours (I just woke up half an hour ago or so). I'm not sure how badly this'll mess up my schedule but I'm not pleased.

     

    The exhauston has definitely hit me. I wake up wanting to immediately go back to bed (even after my 2 hour nap). I knew that day two was the crasher, so I'm not too surprised - well, okay, I'm still smarting over having just over-slept.

    Hopefully it wears off soon. I don't know a rough time equivalent for when my body should realize that it should jump straight to REM sleep but I hope it happens relatively soon. While I get 9-10 more hours of time per day, the inability to concentrate straight really brings down work production. Plenty of time - to work really, really slowly.