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Today at work I was very tired at about 12:00, probably because this is the time I napped the past 2 days. I got over the initial tiredness, but by 4:00 I was feeling very sleepy and when I got home I was really ready for bed.

When I laid in bed I went straight into half-sleep where I was having vivid daydreams with lots of sounds, which lasted until I rolled over onto my side. About a minute later I had drifted off into a deep sleep.

Last night I started to feel sleepy around 10:30, and initially tried to go to bed at 11:00, but in the end it was 11:30 by the time I settled down to sleep.

I don't really remember laying in bed last night so I guess I must have fallen asleep pretty quickly! I set my alarm for 5:00am and when it went off I got up straight away. Yu Lee tried to cuddle up to me and I said something like "I can't I need to get up otherwise I will start to feel drowsy if I lay here" which is progress!

This was an amazing nap!

I had my lunch and at some point afterwards I ended up sitting on my bed and suddenly I just knew it was the right time for my nap! The feeling just came over me so I undressed and got in bed and was asleep within minutes.

I didn't bother setting an alarm, and woke up naturally after 2.5 hours. When I woke up I was having a long and vivid dream.

Last night I went to bed with Yu Lee at 11:30pm, and I fell asleep within minutes. When I laid down in my bed I could hear the low frequency noise that I keep on hearing, but it didn't matter and I fell asleep quickly despite it.

I set my alarm for 5:00am as I didn't want to sleep for too long, but this morning I woke up naturally at 4:30. I laid in bed for a few minutes, and then my legs got really hot so I had to put them out of the covers, which is unusual as it is December and the temperatures are really low.

Now that I've got up I feel a little sleepy, but I think I would have felt more tired had I fallen back to sleep.

Today I wasn't planning on taking my nap early, but at around 11:00am I ate lunch and then came over really tired. I was thinking that I should hold off and nap later, but then I thought 'why not?'. My body obviously wanted to sleep then so I let it.

I fell asleep in less than 10 minutes (probably more like 5) and drifted into a deep sleep. I woke up at least once but I have no idea whether it was half way through or near the end. When I finally opened my eyes and looked at the clock over 2 hours had passed.

This was a lovely nap, and I felt really good afterwards. I was really thirsty and had an amazing cup of tea! I think this is how it's supposed to be done.

My sleeping pattern is not very consistent at the moment!

Yesterday I woke up naturally at 4:10am, so I was pretty tired when I got in from work but I only slept for just over an hour. By the time 10pm came around I was already feeling tired so I went to bed at half past.

When I got in bed next door were playing their tv pretty loud and laughing, the heating was creaking, I could hear the low frequency noise and Yu Lee was breathing heavily in my ear. All of the noises mixed together into a kind of jumbled background noise, and I think I fell asleep within 10 minutes! Not bad!

This morning I woke up at 2:30am but went straight back to sleep. Then I woke up at 4:30 to my alarm and got up (although I did lay in bed for 15 minutes and nearly fell back to sleep).

Towards the end of the day at work, I knew I would be able to nap today! I was starting to feel like it was way past my bed time.

When I got home, I went straight to bed and must have fallen asleep within minutes. I set my alarm for 6:30pm which would have given me 2:20 hours of sleep, but I woke up naturally after 1:15 which surprised me.

I felt refreshed when I woke up, but I also felt like it was a very short sleep.

Yesterday I couldn't fall asleep for my nap, so I was pretty tired by the time it got to 10pm, and I decided to just go to bed early. Yu Lee was tired too so she came to bed as well.

I fell asleep within about 5 minutes, and slept through until about 4:10am. I laid in bed for a while before recording the end of my sleep, and then laid in bed until 4:30am before I finally got up. As I've said before, laying in bed in the morning like this is not like watching the clock when you can't sleep: It feels more like having a lay in on a weekend.

...and returned to my bed about 10 minutes later. Still no sleep!

Although I basically laid in bed for an hour without sleeping, I didn't really feel frustrated and felt nice and relaxed. I think I will need an early night tonight though!

Last night I got quite a bit of sleep, and overslept my alarm this morning. Today at work there was no 'midday slump' and I felt awake all day.

When I got home, I went to bed and started yawning a bit. I relaxed, but sleep never came so I got up and went to the bathroom...

Last night I went to bed at midnight, and although I felt pretty tired, it took me a while to fall asleep. I could hear the low frequency noise that interrupted my sleep a few months ago, which meant I didn't fall asleep for at least 15 minutes.

I moved my alarm back to 5:30am, but when it went off I turned it off and went back to sleep. When I opened my eyes I didn't even realise I'd fallen asleep - I thought I'd just laid there for a while, but when I looked at the clock it said 6:20. I wasn't very happy!

When I did eventually wake up, I felt like I'd had a bit too much sleep.

I felt quite sleepy during the last 2 hours of work today, and when I got home I felt like I was really ready for my nap. I laid down in my bed, but the nap didn't come as quickly as I expected!

I think I fell asleep after about 20 - 25 minutes, and then when Yu Lee came in it woke me up and I couldn't sleep again. I felt like I had slept, but not for long enough, and the fact that I woke up so easily and wasn't dreaming at the time means I was probably only in light sleep. Let's see how tired I am tonight!

Last night I was watching TV when I started to come over tired just after midnight, so I went to bed and set the alarm for 6:00am. It took me a bit longer to fall asleep - I think it must have been 20 - 30 minutes.

This morning I woke up from a dream at 6:00am when the alarm went off. I am thinking of setting my alarm back to 5:30am tomorrow morning, as waking up naturally doesn't seem to be something that I can rely on.

The main problem that I'm having at the moment is knowing when I am tired enough to fall asleep straight away. It seems that I need about 7 hours each day: About 1.5 hours for by nap and 5.5 hours for my core sleep.

Today I had a meeting from 2:00pm - 3:30pm, and I felt like I was falling asleep in my chair towards the end of it, although looking around the room I don't think I was the only one!

When I got home I had a very small bowl of cereal as I was starving, and went straight to bed, setting the alarm to go off after 1:45. I woke up naturally 10 minutes before the alarm, and was thinking "What time is it? Is it morning yet?". I felt refreshed.

Last night Yu Lee went to bed at about 10:30pm, and I was feeling a bit tired so I had another early night and was in bed before 12:00. It's difficult to tell exactly when I am tired enough to sleep and I think I went to bed a little bit early, as it took me a while to fall asleep. I think I laid in bed for about 20 minutes before I fell asleep.

I woke up at about 2:30am and felt like I could get up, but I looked at the clock and decided to go back to sleep. When I finally woke up again at 5:30am (without my alarm) I was having a really vivid dream.

When I woke up I still felt a little tired and I laid in bed for about 10 minutes. I feel quite tired now too and I could probably fall back to sleep in no time!

Today I felt moderately tired when I came home for my nap. For the first time in ages I set an alarm, as I have been sleeping up to 2.5 hours for my naps at the moment. I set it for 1:40 hours so that I would have 10 minutes to fall asleep, and then 1.5 hours to sleep.

It took me a little longer than usual to fall asleep: I think it was probably 10 - 15 minutes. The act of setting an alarm seems to make it harder to sleep, as I start to worry that if I don't fall asleep soon I will get a short nap and wake up tired.

When I woke up I could have definitely slept longer, and I felt slightly tired afterwards but not too bad. Let's see if this affects the amount of sleep I need tonight.

Last night I was starting to feel sleepy around 11:00, and I was thinking about what time I should go to bed when I decided I should just give up on my normal bed time and go to sleep when I felt tired. I felt tired for a lot of the day yesterday, so I think I may have accumulated a bit of a sleep debt, so I went to bed at 11:30 and set the alarm a little later, for 6:00am.

I fell asleep pretty quickly, and Yu Lee came to bed a bit later. I woke up when she came in and thought I wouldn't be able to go back to sleep, but I think I fell asleep again in about 2 minutes.

This morning I woke up naturally (which was great!) from a very vivid dream. I dreamt that I was back at university, with a mixture of people from my school and my current work. I remember it being between lectures and I wanted a cup of tea, but my friends needed to go to the toilet and there was a massive queue.

I feel great this morning!

Today I didn't do a lot of work on my bathroom, but I did help a little bit. For some reason, around midday I started to come over quite sleepy, and by 1:00pm I was definitely ready for a nap!

I think I fell asleep in about 15 minutes, and woke up at 2:10pm, but decided 1 hour wasn't enough and went straight back to sleep until the alarm went off.

Last night I wasn't that sleepy at bed time, partly due to the amount of sleep I'd had the previous day, but also the fact that I had an extra cup of tea after dinner might have had something to do with it.

It took me about 30 minutes (or maybe a little longer) to fall asleep, but I slept the night through and was tired in the morning. I ended up snoozing for 40 minutes after the alarm.

Today I felt very tired at about 2:00pm, but we had to carry on and finish the wall we were tiling in the bathroom. At about 4:00pm the adhesive Yu Lee had put on the wall was too dry to work with any more, so we scraped it off and stopped there for the day.

When I got in bed I felt tired, and I think I fell asleep briefly after about 10 minutes, but then I noticed myself dribbling and woke up and couldn't sleep until at least 5:00pm.

In total I think I actually slept for something like 2 hours, and afterwards I laid in bed for 30 minutes. It was nice to have another lay in but a bit of a waste of time. I feel good now though...