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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.

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.

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.

I wasn't particularly tired before this nap, so I read for 15 minutes beforehand and drunk peppermint tea. When it was nap time I laid down as usual, and noticed the effects of falling asleep.

The white noise from my ipod would fade out and music would start, and then I would awaken again. I would see glimpses of faces and scenes. Eventually I felt my eyes roll back and my senses disconnect and drifted of into a restful sleep.

I awoke to see my girlfriend back from work and felt somewhat refreshed. I still have a slight feeling of pressure in my skull but I feel good.

I really thought I wouldn't sleep for this one! When I got to work I was really tired, but someone opened the window and the breeze perked me right up and by lunch time I felt very alert.

I drifted for the first half of the nap, and woke up after 10 minutes and just had to look at the clock. It said 15 minutes remaining so I went back to sleep and fell asleep straight away.

When I woke up I felt the best I have felt after any nap so far.

This morning I didn't sleep as well as I usually do in my morning naps. I went to bed at 6:35, and at 6:45 my ipod beeped reminding me to go to sleep in 15 minutes - whoops! I need to change my reminder now that I've moved this nap.

I was drifting in and out of sleep for the first part, but I definitely got to sleep within 10 minutes because the beep woke me up. I went straight back to sleep though, and now I feel ok. I feel as tired as I normally would after getting up early on Monday morning.

I added 5 minutes to the beginning of my core nap to see how I would feel - I think it might be a small improvement. I normally have an intense feeling that I have interrupted my sleep, but this time I feel a little less groggy and I think I was dreaming when I woke up.

I still feel extremely tired and would love to go back to sleep.

I'm not really sure what happened on this nap. I'm pretty sure I was conscious for most of it, although I definitely drifted off momentarily a few times.

I was counting down from 300 in 3s and I got to 0 fairly quickly with no mistakes. I started again at 300 and made a lot more mistakes. I also noticed that I would see a flash of a dream, and then be back into counting but had started counting down in 1s or even counting up again. This happened several times.

It felt shorter than 24 minutes laying awake would have, and I feel like I have been asleep. To be honest I wasn't that tired before the nap so I don't feel much different now.

I was extremely tired for this nap. I put on the sleep mask and listened to some brownian noise, and then counted down in 3s from 300. I had to restart my counting several times, and the next thing I knew my alarm was going off.

I set the alarm for 25 minutes this time as I had been taking ages to go to sleep during the day. This was an excellent nap.

I moved my sleep forward by 25 minutes because I couldn't hold on any longer. I am thinking of shifting all of my naps around today - I will give it some consideration this morning.

This was the most refreshing nap yet! I went from feeling like I was going to fall asleep standing up, to just feeling tired. Woohoo.

I fell asleep immediately for my core nap, and once again I didn't really want to get up afterwards. I feel tired.

When I got in from work today I was not particularly tired, but got a bit drowsy about 15 minutes before my nap. I read a little and then settled down to sleep.

Again I didn't sleep, but I came close to it. I tried to empty my mind and my body felt very heavy. 22 minutes went very quickly and when my alarm beeped I took off my mask and felt alert.

This is the first nap that I haven't been able to sleep for. I felt tired this morning, but about half an hour before my nap I suddenly felt very alert and awake.

When I got home at lunch time I laid in my bed for the correct amount of time but couldn't sleep.

I slept with my ipod playing some pink noise while my girlfriend took her morning shower. I think I fell asleep quicker this time, and was fast asleep when the alarm went off.

I feel a bit refreshed but I really want some more sleep!

I really didn't want to wake up for that one.

I was a bit confused what was going on, as I am using my vibrating alarm clock, and I don't really remember turning it off. I could easily have slept the night through but I guess that is to be expected.

This definitely feels very unnatural - I still feel like I have got up in the middle of the night. Also my eyes are quite bloodshot and watery.

This was my last nap of the day. I found it slightly harder to sleep for this, even though I was more tired. I feel somewhat refreshed now, but not completely normal.

I'm hungry!

These 20 minute naps don't feel like normal sleeps! I am not sure that I fell properly asleep, or how long it took me to drift off but I was definitely asleep when the alarm went off.

I feel like I could sleep for another couple of hours though...

I set my timer for 22 minutes and had my first nap.

I think I spent some of it in a half-awake, half-asleep state and I definitely dreamed. I was asleep when my timer went off and I feel somewhat refreshed - but still tired!

I was really tired beforehand and felt I could drift away immediately until about 5 minutes before I took my nap!

It's official - this experiment has begun!

Considering I was only asleep for 3 hours, I had a pretty broken sleep. I woke up at 0:30 and 2:00, I think because of noises outside.

When my new vibrating alarm clock finally went off at 2:30 I was straight up! I feel pretty tired now, but as it's the first night it feels like getting up early for something like going to the airport.

This was my last sleep in Spain, and with a bit of luck my last monophasic sleep for a while. I am not planning on napping today as I have slept practically a full night's sleep, and I will begin my polyphasic schedule tonight at 23:30.

Wish me luck!