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Looks like I overslept a little on this one!

I felt really tired at work aout 30 minutes before my nap, but the walk home seemed to wake me up a bit. I laid in bed and read for about 10 minutes beforehand, and then I settled down to sleep. I know I reset the timer at least once before I went to sleep, but then when I turned it off at the end I still wasn't completely satisfied and went back to sleep.

About 20 minutes after that Yu Lee came in and woke me up. I'm glad I slept extra as I felt totally awake with no groggy feelings when I woke up. This was an excellent nap!

Yu Lee was baking a cake last night, and wasn't finished in time for our normal bedtime, so we went to bed 15 minutes later than usual.

This morning I woke up and felt extremely sleepy for about 5 minutes, but then I shook it off and now I do feel sleepy but it is nowhere near as intense. I was also starving when I woke up!

This wasn't a particularly successful nap, but I think I did drift off a couple of times. I reset my timer a few times, but in the end I was awake again with half an hour left to go and thought I might as well get up.

Every time I felt like I was drifting off something would wake me up, such as my neighbours in the garden. Tomorrow I think I will use ear plugs as I really need to sleep through my naps!

I had an extra half hour sleep this morning, and it made me feel very groggy for about an hour after waking. I probably won't want to be doing that again!

This wasn't really a serious attempt at a nap, as I wasn't even tired. Yu Lee ended up going for a nap today so I laid down next to her and thought I'd give it a go. I knew I wouldn't sleep though and gave up pretty quickly!

I woke up from dreaming again, and feel alert.

Last night I had 6 hours sleep, so I wasn't sure whether or not I would feel tired today. After lunch I was beginning to feel drowsy, so I went for a nap.

I'm pretty sure I wasn't awake for the whole nap, but I was definitely not asleep for all of it. I think I slept for the first 15 minutes or so and then drifted in and out for the rest of it. Although it wasn't the best sleep, it wasn't frustrating like the other one that I couldn't sleep for.

Last night I decided to give myself 6 hours for my core sleep to pay off some sleep debt. I woke up feeling great!

Again, when I woke up I am sure I was dreaming, but I don't remember what I was dreaming about. This is the best waking feeling I've had for a long time.

Today we had dinner a little bit earlier and napped after dinner. I fell asleep quickly and had a great nap.

Yu Lee woke up and said something like: "I don't feel tired this morning". It feels like we have been asleep a lot longer that 90 minutes!

This morning I definitely woke up from a dream which is a good sign that I have got the length of my core sleep right. I'm sure I was dreaming as I woke up because I could remember it briefly, but the memory faded straight away as I didn't put any effort into trying to remember it.

As a result I felt less of the grogginess from waking up, but I did feel a little tired this morning. I think last nights nap was too late to be really beneficial.

When Yu Lee got in from work we got into bed and talked for a while, but gave up on our nap before we even started. Then after dinner a wave of tiredness suddenly hit me and I thought "Now it's nap time!"

I fell asleep straight away, but then Yu Lee came to bed 10 minutes later which woke me up, and it took me a while to go back to sleep.

When I woke up it was dark and I felt like I had slept the night through! I wasn't too groggy but Yu Lee was.

Still feeling groggy this morning. I think I must be waking from a deep sleep because I feel groggy for 30 minutes after waking each day.

That was a wonderful nap! I woke up with a small groggy feeling, but I felt refreshed and knew I'd been dreaming, although I couldn't remember what I'd been dreaming about.

It feels like I have had a whole nights sleep.

My girlfriend tried to nap with me but go up and left near the beginning. It was great to fall asleep with her even if she didn't stay throughout the whole nap.

Today I feel a little sleepy, but no where near as groggy as yesterday,

My girlfriend asked me to wake her up when I get up but she is still laying in bed.

Well that was frustrating!

At about 2pm today I could have really done with a sleep. Unfortunately I had to work, and afterwards I went to the park with Lucía so I didn't get back until 5:00.

I felt like I could just about sleep, and I got a lot of the drifting off to sleep feelings, but after 45 minutes I got bored and got up.

Last night I was pretty tired, and I slept through solidly until my alarm went off.

This morning I feel really sleepy: I think 4.5 hours doesn't really line up with my sleep cycles and I must have woken from a deep sleep. I was hoping that I would wake up naturally again but it seems like yesterday was a 1 off!

I wasn't 100% sure that I would be able to sleep for this one, as I didn't really feel tired, at least not compared to the past couple of weeks. In the end I fell asleep after a few minutes.

I woke up about half way through this nap - it was either after half an hour or an hour. I did look at the timer and try to work it out but I was half asleep. After that I closed my eyes for what seemed like a second and then my alarm clock was going off.

Afterwards I had a groggy but nice feeling, and felt like I had been asleep for hours.

I set my alarm to 5:30am to give me 4.5 hours asleep, but I woke up naturally just after 5:00am. I laid in bed for 5 minutes or so and then decided it's better to just get up than force myself to go back to sleep.

I'm not sure whether I woke up because I've had enough sleep, or because I'm used to the everyman 3.5 hour core. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see how tired I am today.

This was my first nap after having a 6 hour core, and although I did sleep for most of it I wasn't quite tired enough to sleep through all of it.

First of all I didn't sleep straight away as my girlfriend was moving around downstairs and making some noise, and next door's children were in the garden singing, but I did get to sleep in the end. I think it may have taken 10 minutes to get to sleep but it's difficult to be sure.

I also woke up at 1 point when I rolled onto my side and my eye pillow fell off. I think I was already waking up before this as I never roll onto my side during a nap and I remember thinking it might fall off so I couldn't have been properly asleep.

I feel slightly groggy afterwards, but definitely refreshed. The experience of having a 90 minute nap is totally different to a 20 minute power nap.

Today I slept for a long, 6 hour core. When this new sleeping pattern is properly established I hope to only sleep 4.5 hours for my core, but I wanted to use this core to pay off some sleep debt from my everyman experiment.

I slept through solidly, and when my alarm went off it took me a while to work out what was going on. Now that I'm up I feel a little bit sleepy, but nothing compared to my 2:30am wake up on eveyman!