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After a little while awake, I felt sleepy again, so I made my second attempt at sleep. I managed to find a good compromise and had my legs out of the covers but with Yu Lee right up behind me - she was making me hot but the cool air was keeping me cool.

I went to sleep in about 5 - 10 minutes this time, and slept through until 5:35 when I woke up naturally, and felt a lot better.

Overall, I spent a lot longer in bed this afternoon than I intended but it was nice to relax after a tiring morning. Now it's time for dinner, followed by some more diy!

Trust good old Yu Lee to spoil a good nap!

We were ripping out the old bath from our bathroom today, and it was tiring work. Since about 12:00 noon I felt completely knackered, so I decided it was nap time and Yu Lee came with me. It was a little brighter than usual as it was earlier, so I put on my eye mask and settled down to sleep.

Every time I nodded off, Yu Lee would fidget and wake me up! She said she was cold, but I was too hot, so the following cycle repeated: Yu Lee got cold and snuggled up to me, which woke me up and then I fell back to sleep after a few minutes. Then I got too hot which woke me up so I pushed her away from me, and then went back to sleep.

After an hour of this I stopped feeling sleepy so we turned on the lights...

Last night I heard 'the noise' again for the first time in a long time. It was a very low frequency (bassy) humming noise that sounds kind of like a very large diesel engine is just idling outside somewhere.

I think I fell asleep after about 15 minutes, so it didn't affect me too much.

At 4:40am this morning I woke up from a dream. I went back to sleep and woke up at 5:30 with my alarm, but I turned it off and dozed until 6:00.

This morning I felt a little bit tired, but afterwards I was fine all day, until about 2:00pm when I had a really boring meeting at work. About half way through the meeting I started yawning a lot and felt like it was nap time already, although I woke up a bit towards the end.

I got home just before 4:00pm and ate a banana as I was starving, then I went to bed. I think it took me about 15 - 20 minutes to fall asleep, and I woke up at 5:59. 1 minute later my alarm went off and I got up and made dinner.

Last night I was pretty tired, probably because I only had a 1 hour nap, and also because I had a large glass of red wine.

I fell asleep in about 15 minutes and slept through until the alarm at 5:30. After I woke up, I laid there for a couple of minutes and then fell asleep until 5:50.

I also changed the duvet for a thinner one last night as I kept waking up really hot.

Yu Lee was home today, so we spent a bit of time together before our nap and then napped together.

I fell asleep easily but woke up naturally after 1:05.

I managed to get to bed half an hour earlier this time. I think it might be better to sleep 5 hours each night instead of 4.5 and my current sleeping pattern has left me a bit tired in the morning. I will try this for a few days and see what happens.

After about 15 minutes we went back to bed, and then after a while Yu Lee got up and I carried on sleeping.

I thought that I was laying there for about 10 minutes when Yu Lee got up, and then it took me another 5-10 minutes to go back to sleep. What actually happened was that I fell asleep straight away, and Yu Lee laid there for 1 hour.

I had a reasonably good sleep, and Yu Lee came in to wake me up after I'd been sleeping for 2 hours.

I felt a bit tired this afternoon, but on my walk home I woke up a bit. I was a little bit late leaving the office, and when I got home Yu Lee asked me to help her bring a new wash basin inside from her car.

Yu Lee came to bed with me, but she was a bit restless because she is stressed about her work situation. After laying there for 20 minutes I whispered 'are you awake?' and she said that she was so we git up for a while.

Last night I intended to go to bed a bit early, at 12:30, as I have been feeling a bit tired the past couple of days. Yu Lee was a bit stressed about something that is happening at her work, so she kept talking to me which meant I didn't get to sleep until 12:45.

This morning when I woke up I was very tired again, and I dozed with the light on until 5:50. I laid in bed 10 more minutes until 6 when I got up to have my shower.

I think I need to experiment with having a slightly longer sleep at night, as I seem to have a bit of sleep debt. Yu Lee is still asleep at 7:00.

Yu Lee was off work today and I finished a little earlier than usual, so we both went for a nap before 4:00.

I fell asleep quickly and didn't set an alarm. I woke up naturally after 2.5 hours and felt like I had been asleep for a long time.

When I woke up, I set an alarm for 15 minutes and had a little more sleep. When that alarm went off I got up straight away.

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.