Sleep 1

23:13 to 02:32

(3:18 hours)

This is the first time that I haven't felt extremely groggy after the core sleep. I'm not sure if this because the core was longer, or just because I am getting used to this sleep pattern.

Sleep 2

06:31 to 06:59

(0:28 hours)

I slept extremely well for this nap, and woke up feeling pretty refreshed.

This morning after my core was quite challenging. I didn't feel bad, but I was very sleepy all morning, right up to about half an hour before this nap.

I decided to not bother with my sleep mask and ipod, and instead cuddled up to my girlfriend. I added 3 minutes to the nap timer to allow for falling asleep taking a bit longer, but to be honest I don't think it did.

Sleep 3

12:24 to 12:46

(0:22 hours)

Today is the first day of this sleep pattern where I haven't been at work, and I was worried that I wouldn't sleep, until I laid down in my bed and closed my eyes. Within seconds I was doing the thing where I would start to drift off and then awaken again, and I knew I would be able to sleep.

I had a pretty good nap. I felt very sleepy all morning, and now I feel somewhat refreshed. I still haven't had a nap which made me feel completely awake, but I feel like I'm headed in the right direction.

Sleep 4

16:57 to 17:22

(0:25 hours)

I slept a little bit

I'm not 100% sure whether I slept or not for this one. I was quite drowsy before the nap, and I definitely felt the sensations of falling asleep a few times, but I seemed to snap out of it each time. I'm not sure whether I snapped out of it before falling asleep or a while after.

It felt a lot quicker than 25 minutes though so I guess I did sleep a bit. I feel pretty good now but still a bit tired.

Sleep 5

23:50 to 03:08

(3:18 hours)

Okay so I moved my core back a bit today. To be honest I thought I was going to have to abort this experiment but I guess I'm still here!

Last night I had my pet rat out (who is very old and has 2 tumors growing on her) and at about 10:00pm she started to get weird. I think she couldn't breathe because of the cancers pressing on her lungs. In the end I sat with her for a while because she seriously looked like she wouldn't survive and I couldn't just dump her back in her cage to die.

At about 23:30 which was 15 minutes after my bed time, I discussed with my girlfriend what I should do. In the end, I slept downstairs on the sofa with my pet rat on my chest while she watched Red Dwarf DVDs and watched me to make sure I didn't roll on her or anything.

At about 2:00am I woke up and my rat seemed to have much improved so I put her back in the cage, and my girlfriend went up to bed. I stayed on the sofa and had another 1.5 hours of actually pretty good sleep.

I woke up easily for my alarm but now I feel very drowsy. I'm not sure of the overall quality of my sleep last night, but at least I can still continue with this!