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Today I had my driving lesson and then relaxed at home for a while before going for my nap. I could hear a few (very quiet) noises from next door and I really didn't want to be disturbed so I put in ear plugs and put on my sleep mask and went to sleep.

The first half of my sleep was very light. I fell asleep in about 5 minutes and then I remember opening my eyes after about 40 minutes and looking at the clock and thinking that I must have slept because it only felt like about 10 minutes had passed. I took my eye mask off and removed my earplugs, and although I thought it was unlikely that I would fall asleep again I decided to wait for 5 minutes before getting up.

I dozed off in about 5 minutes and then went into a lovely deep sleep! I slept through solidly for over an hour and woke up when Yu Lee came in to wake me (I woke up when she opened the door so I must have been in a light sleep by this time). This felt like one of my old naps! I felt great afterwards, like I'd had an amazing sleep. Hopefully this will start to happen more often again...

Yesterday I didn't really manage to have my nap, so I was actually pretty surprised that I managed to stay up so late! Even though I went to bed late I kept my alarm set at 4:30, and I slept through solidly until my alarm went off this morning. When I woke up I was dreaming.

This morning when I woke up, I was just about to get out of bed when Yu Lee cuddled up to me, and I couldn't bring myself to push her away straight away so I ended up laying in bed for 10 minutes after my alarm. I didn't feel tired though, and even though it was pitch black I easily managed to stay awake.

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Today I felt a bit sleepy and I'm pretty sure I could have slept around 2:30pm, but when I came home I couldn't sleepy despite feeling tired. I laid in bed for a long time, and the time did go pretty quickly and felt good, but in the end I got up without sleeping. I know for sure I didn't sleep because I looked at the clock every 20 minutes.

Last night Yu Lee was tired so we ended going to bed a little earlier, and as I didn't want to sleep too long I set my alarm back to 4:30am.

I fell asleep quickly and slept through until about 3:00am when I woke up from a dream. I felt quite alert and thought it was morning, but when I realised what time it was I went back to sleep and woke up again at about 4:15am from another dream. I dozed for about 10 minutes before I turned off my alarm clock and got up.

It's nice to wake up without an alarm! It also gave me enough time to watch some of the Spanish TV series I am watching (the episodes are 1.5 hours long) which I haven't done since I moved my alarm time back to 5:00am.

Today when I came home from work I went straight to bed, and after 7 minutes I got up again. I knew pretty much straight away that I wouldn't sleep as my mind was very active and it was an effort to keep my eyes shut.

About 15 minutes after I got up I was sitting at my computer and suddenly I felt sleepy. I wasn't sure if I would actually fall asleep, but as soon as I laid down I drifted off in seconds!

I woke up about an hour later and logged the end of my sleep, and then I laid in bed for another 15 minutes waiting for Yu Lee to come home, but at about 6:10 she still wasn't back so I just got up.

This time I decided pretty quickly that I wasn't going to sleep...

Last night I was pretty tired by bed time, partly due to the fact that I had a cold and it was making me feel drowsy.

When I went to bed I fell asleep very quickly, and I slept through solidly until my alarm went off at 5:00am. I actually had a really good sleep and I feel very well rested! Also my cold symptoms are a lot better this morning so hopefully I am past the worst of it already.

This was not the most satisfying sleep in the world, but I am pretty sure I slept.

Today I went for a beer at lunch time with one of my Spanish friends, so when I got home from work I was feeling sleepy and feeling the after effects of the alcohol. I laid down to sleep, and I remember about 10 minutes later looking at the clock and thinking it hadn't been long enough to justify marking a red section on the chart so I put my sleep mask on and went back to sleep.

The next thing I remember is that it felt like I had been laying there for about another 10 minutes, so I opened my eyes and looked at the clock again, but this time I had been laying in bed for over an hour! I must have been asleep for most of this!

After I marked the end of my sleep I actually laid in bed for another half an hour but this time I was awake. I had a pretty horrible cold (again) so it felt good to get some rest.

Last night I was playing Guild Wars 2 with Yu Lee, and her little brother and some other people we know were online so we were all doing stuff together. It was really good fun, and when I logged off at 11:00pm I was still feeling quite excited! We went to bed straight afterwards but we ended up talking in bed for a while to wind down.

Once we finally settled down to sleep I fell asleep in about 5 minutes and slept through solidly until my alarm.

Today's nap was a success! I didn't feel particularly tired but I laid down in my bed with some ear plugs in and my sleep mask on and drifted off in about a minute! I woke up more than an hour later and felt like I had a pretty decent nap.

After I logged the end of my sleep I actually laid in bed for 20 minutes because I'm lazy and I couldn't be bothered to get up.

Last night it took me about 25 minutes to fall asleep, which probably means I went to bed a bit early. Once again this was because I wanted to go to bed at the same time as Yu Lee.

I slept solidly through the night and woke up from a dream, although I don't remember anything about the dream now.

I know for sure that I didn't sleep for the first 32 minutes as I reset the timer after that time, but I did feel nice and relaxed. After that it is difficult to be 100% sure what happened!

I don't remember falling asleep. I don't remember waking up. When I opened my eyes and checked the time I felt more alert, but not 100% refreshed, and it felt like less time after I reset the timer than before, so I guess I must have slept!

These kinds of naps are no where near as good as the kind I used to have though and I don't understand what has changed. I felt really sleepy all afternoon at work...

Last night I went to bed at around 11:00, but to be honest I should have probably stayed up a little longer. I was mainly thinking about how long I would have to sleep rather than how tired I felt.

It took me a little while to fall asleep, and I think this may have been because I had a cup of tea after my nap at about 9:00pm. I am pretty sure it was the caffeine because I felt a bit restless and I find that it affects the way that I think while I am trying to get to sleep.

I set my alarm for 5:00am this morning which is probably going to be the time I get up each morning as 4:30am is a little on the early side. I feel a little bit tired now but hopefully that means I will be able to nap after work and my sleeping pattern will be back to normal.

Today I didn't get a chance to nap, so by 7:00pm I was starting to feel very tired and I decided to go for a nap then.

For some reason it took me a long time to fall asleep, and I remember looking at the clock and it being 7:30pm and thinking "If I don't fall asleep in 5 minutes I'm getting up". Just after that I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I remember was Yu Lee coming into the bedroom at 8:30.

I think this was definitely worthwhile!

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Last night was Yu Lee's brother's birthday so we were in London, and we ended up playing boggle until Yu Lee's mum came home around 11:30. We didn't get into bed until around midnight and it was about 10 past by the time we stopped talking and settled down to sleep.

I slept surprisingly well last night! Once I fell asleep (which took less than 5 minutes) I slept through solidly until my alarm at 6:00am when I woke up from a dream.