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I was worried that I wouldn't feel sleepy today as I had a bit of an (accidental) lie in this morning, but I started to feel sleepy at around 3:00 and by the time nap time came around I was nice and sleepy.

I didn't set an alarm, but this time I woke up after a more reasonable 1:40. I felt refreshed.

Last night I went to bed a little bit late, and it took me a little while to fall asleep. When I did fall asleep, Yu Lee got up to go to the bathroom which woke me up again, but I fell asleep soon after.

This morning, I set a second alarm for 5:45 and went back to sleep. I must have turned it off before I woke up properly, because the next thing I remember was waking up at 6:15.

I felt a bit tired all day yesterday, probably because of my disturbed sleep the previous night. This morning I felt great when I finally woke up, so I think I have made up for the missing sleep. I just hope that I can nap today!

I didn't set an alarm for this nap, and I was really ready for it by the time I got to my bed. I think it took less than 2 minutes to fall asleep, and I woke up 2.5 hours later.

Last night I slept at my mum's house. I had a few drinks in the evening, but I left plenty of time before going to bed, and we ended up chatting until 1:20am when we went to bed.

It took me a little while to fall asleep (maybe half an hour), probably because I'd had so much sleep that day, and when I did finally fall asleep I woke up several times in the night. I think this is because we had a massive curry for dinner!

Even though I woke up a few times I felt relaxed and fell asleep each time easily.

I set the alarm for 5:45 but snoozed it for 15 minutes. I felt a little sleepy in the morning.

I was at my mum's house today, and I wasn't 100% sure that I would actually be able to fall asleep for this nap.

When I went to bed, I put my ear plugs in and laid down, and I immediately felt a little bit tired, but not as tired as usual. I laid there for what seemed like about 15 minutes before falling into a deep sleep.

2.5 hours later Yu Lee shook me a little and said "I think your mum is knocking on the door" so we got up. Sure enough she was trying to get us to wake up, but we were obviously fast asleep.

I had a great and refreshing nap.

Last night, as predicted, I was not as tired as usual. I'm not sure how long it took me to fall asleep, but I think it was at least 20 minutes.

I opened my eyes at about 1:20am and looked at the clock, so I know I wasn't asleep yet by that time, but I am sure that I also looked at the clock at 2:11am. I'm pretty sure that I didn't lay there for nearly an hour and a half, so I must have dozed off in between.

This morning, I laid in bed about 10 minutes after I recorded the end of this sleep. I have a small amount of sleep inertia now, but I'm sure it will pass.

I woke from a dream and really wanted to go back to sleep!

This week I have not been setting an alarm when I have been napping, apart from yesterday because I had to go out in the evening. I thought that maybe the alarm was making it harder to fall asleep as I knew that if I didn't fall asleep quickly, I would get less sleep because the alarm would wake me up in 2 hours time.

Today was the first time that I slept for more than 2 hours (including the time taken to fall asleep that is). I think it took me about 15 minutes to fall asleep though so it was only just over 2 hours.

I think it took me a little longer to fall asleep as I slept for 6 hours last night. I also felt no tiredness in the afternoon at work. I hope I can sleep ok tonight with all of this sleep!

Yesterday we went to the theatre to see an amateur play with someone from Yu Lee's work in it, and I had a couple of glasses of wine. When I got back I was moderately tired, and I fell asleep easily when I went to bed just before 1:00am.

This morning I woke up with my alarm as usual, and I remember laying there and thinking 'shall I set another alarm and sleep for 20 minutes?', but then the next thing I knew I opened my eyes and it was gone 7:30.

It felt good to have a nice lay in, but I am worried that it will stop me from napping tonight.

This morning when I got up I was really tired, but then I felt fine for most of the rest of the day. At about 2:00pm I did go through a little drowsy period, but this is totally normal at that time.

By the time I got home I wasn't feeling too sleepy, but as soon as I laid down the tiredness washed over me and I managed to fall asleep pretty quickly.

I was worried that the pressure of having to get up after my nap to go to the theatre would make it hard to sleep, but I actually had no problem. When my alarm went off I woke up easily and felt refreshed.

Last night I was pretty tired when I went to bed, and I fell asleep straight away. This morning when I woke up I felt really groggy, and dozed after the alarm for 10 minutes or so. Now it is 7:00am and I still think I could fall asleep in seconds - maybe I need an early night tonight to catch up on a bit of lost sleep?

Today I didn't feel particularly tired in the afternoon. I did feel a little bit drowsy but not as much as some of the other days.

When I got home and went to bed, I instantly felt very sleepy, and I think I must have fallen asleep within minutes of my head hitting the pillow. I woke up a couple of times, especially when Yu Lee came home at 6:00pm but easily drifted back off to sleep.

The last couple of naps have both felt like having a lie in on a Sunday morning as I have woken up and drifted back off a few times, and then ended with a period of just laying there and relaxing.

I am also going to add that the thing which has been on my mind for the past few days looks like it is probably resolved now, which I think will help me to fall asleep easier.

Last night I felt a lot less tired after my nap, but was still slightly drowsy throughout the evening. I think this is because I had a couple of beers at lunch time, and alcohol has a negative impact on the quality of my sleep, so my nap wasn't as good as usual.

I had no problem staying up until just before 1:00 so I went to bed at the normal time, and I fell asleep pretty much straight away.

This morning I either woke up before the alarm or dreamt that I did, as I remember looking at the clock and it was not 5:00am yet. The next thing I remember is waking up to the alarm, so maybe I was dreaming but I don't really know.

Today I ended up having a couple of pints at lunch time, and when I got home I was definitely ready for my nap! I had no trouble falling asleep this time.

I managed to sleep for the full 2 hours (I didn't bother with an alarm) but I did wake up 3 or 4 times which is unusual. I woke up after about half an hour, then after an hour when Yu Lee got home and then about 20 minutes before I woke up for the final time when the phone rang.

I recorded my sleep but then laid in bed for half an hour afterwards. Yu Lee came in and we talked a bit about work.

Last night I was quite tired, so I headed off to bed a little bit early.

This morning when my alarm went off I woke up from a dream, and I was still really tired so I set another alarm for 15 minutes and went back to sleep. As soon as my second alarm went off I got up and jumped in the shower, but I still feel quite drowsy. I am probably tired now because my nap wasn't very good yesterday, but hopefully that means I will be tired enough to sleep well for my nap today.

After coming back to bed I finally managed to fall asleep. I think it took me about 10 - 15 minutes so I probably only had 1 hour of sleep in total. I woke up when Yu Lee came home, and felt moderately refreshed, but not as good as usual.

I am beginning to think that my troubles sleeping may be caused by anxiety. I have a couple of things coming up that are on my mind at the moment, and adding to that was the fact that we had to be in town at 7:30pm to see the fireworks. Whenever I know I have to be somewhere it always makes it much harder to sleep, as my brain says "Ok you need to sleep now", which is kind of stressful.

All in all, not a great day for napping :-(

I came in from work and felt pretty tired. I laid down on the bed and felt more and more tired, until I drifted off and then woke up again immediately. After waiting for another 10 minutes or so I decided to get up for a few minutes before trying again.

It feels like I nod off, and then suddenly realise that I am asleep and think 'Oh my god I am finally asleep!" which is exciting and wakes me up.

I was reasonably tired last night, and I'm pretty sure I fell asleep within 10 minutes of laying down.

This morning I was moderately tired and I snoozed for 10 minutes which isn't too bad but not great.

Ok sleep, you thought you'd beaten me but it looks like I won in the end!

After not being able to fall asleep even though I felt tired, I got up and found a new secret weapon - I watched the first half an hour of a university lecture on sociology and that's enough to put anyone to sleep!

On a more serious note, I obviously was tired because I slept for a solid 2 hours, and I think it only took me a couple of minutes to drift off the second time. I woke up 1 minute before my alarm went off and now I am so glad that I went back to bed.

Now I am getting very frustrated. I was feeling really drowsy from about 12:30 until nap time. When nap time came, I laid down in my bed and felt more and more sleepy until I started to drift off. Then all of a sudden I woke up about 2 minutes later.

I think I cam having problems sleeping for my nap because I drift off, and then wake up really hot because Yu Lee insists on having a really thick duvet on the bed. Once I have woken up I will not sleep again. This means I temporarily lose my tiredness, but get none of the benefits of sleeping - in an hour or two I will begin to feel sleepy again and if I can't get a nap at some point I will want to go to bed at 9:00pm which is ridiculous.

The worst thing is that Yu Lee is always sound asleep even though she didn't feel tired to start with.

Last night I was pretty tired by the time bed time came around, and I fell asleep instantly. This morning I found it very hard to get up and I dozed off for about 20 minutes after the alarm.