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Last night was the second night in a row that I didn't hear the noise, and I slept well. I must have got to sleep in about 15 minutes, and I even managed to get up on time today!

It took me a little while to fall asleep today for my nap, probably because I had a bit of a lie in this morning. When I did eventually start to drift off I was woken a couple of times by next door (I think they were hoovering) even though I was wearing ear plugs. It didn't really bother me though and I definitely slept for at least 1.5 hours.

Last night was the first night that I haven't heard 'the noise' for a long time! I had a good nights sleep, but then I really couldn't be bothered to get up this morning so I had a bit of a lie in and got up at 6:25am.

Hopefully tomorrow I can drag myself out of bed at the normal time!

Today's nap was not the best nap ever, but it wasn't too bad either.

First of all it took me a little while to fall asleep. I think this is because my stomach was quite full, and I had quite a bit of sleep last night.

The way I woke up was definitely not ideal though! I had a dream with an unpleasant end and I woke up feeling hot, sweaty and thirsty!

Last night I was quite tired and I went to bed at 12:30am. I was nearly asleep before the noise started, so I fell asleep pretty quickly afterwards.

This morning I still felt sleepy so I gave myself an extra half half hour. I don't want to get into the habit of doing this!

Yu Lee was off work today so we took a nap together. We will both be off work for the next week.

I had a good nap!

Last night I was really tired, so I went to bed at 11:30pm. My neighbour's tv was even louder than usual, and it kept me awake until 12:45.

This morning I was still tired so I set another alarm for 30 minutes and went back to sleep. When I woke up for the second time I felt much better.

This nap was a bit rushed as I had to meet up for a language exchange afterwards. The fact that I knew I had to get straight up and go afterwards somehow made it more difficult than usual to get to sleep, but I think I was sleeping within 15 minutes.

Afterwards I got up, had a cup of tea and then left. The nap was refreshing, but not as good as my usual 2 hour naps.

Last night I went to bed at about 12:15, and when I went to bed it was silent. I was just getting nice and relaxed when the noise started again at about 12:30. This time it wasn't as loud, and my earplugs did a decent job of blocking it out, so I fell asleep pretty easily once I put them in.

Another great nap. I think I woke up half way through, but went straight back to sleep. When the alarm finally went off I felt I could have slept longer.

I went to bed at 12:45am and once again was kept awake for at least half an hour due to low frequency noise coming from next door.

I didn't feel that sleepy beforehand but I think I fell asleep in minutes. I woke up 5 minutes before the alarm.

I was feeling tired last night and my stomach was hurting so I went to bed at about 11:40, but I still didn't really sleep until after midnight. Again I heard a bassy noise coming from next door.

This morning I laid in bed for about half an hour and actually got up at 6:00am. I was debating having a lay in, but by the time I finished debating it I had woken up already.

I also thought it was Sunday and was bitterly disappointed when I realised it was Monday morning and I had to go to work :-(

This was a great nap with a very strange waking experience.

About 5 minutes before the alarm was due I was having a very vivid dream, when I suddenly heard music playing which woke me up. The music was loud enough for me to make out the tune, and as I woke up I remember thinking 'wow next door are playing their music loud'. As I became more and more awake, the music faded out and I realised that it was just part of my dream!

It seems next door are always keeping me up with their noise. Now they are even coming into my dreams and waking me up!

Last night I went to bed at midnight to try and catch up on a little bit of sleep. I was just drifting off when the 'bassy sound' woke me up again. I'm not sure if it is next door playing music or what, but it is a very low pitch noise that I can hear even with ear plugs, especially when my head is in contact with the pillow. I can't make out a tune, and it is not that loud, but I can almost feel it and it makes it very difficult to sleep.

After half an hour I tried putting ear plugs in, and realised they had no effect and took them back out again.

I would have been very disappointed if this nap wasn't good, as I felt the urge to nap several times between 11:00am and 2:00pm today.

I went to bed with Yu Lee as it is Saturday, and at first I thought she might make it difficult to sleep. I pretty soon fell off into a lovely dep sleep, and when I woke up I was having a certain type of dream that I used to have a lot of when I kept my dream journal. It's a type of dream where I am kind of playing a computer game, but somehow it is real life as well. It's like half way between real life and a game.

I could have easily slept a few more hours but I do feel refreshed.

Last night I went to bed at 12:45, and about 10 minutes later I heard the same noise that has been keeping me up each night. I put in my earplugs but I could still just about hear it through them as it was so bassy, but I still fell asleep relatively quickly after doing this.

This morning I felt a little sleepy, and I debated having a lay in for a few minutes, but then I accepted that I was getting up and jumped out of bed.

I felt tired this afternoon at work, and could have easily taken my nap at about 2:00pm. When I walked home, as usual I started to feel more alert.

When I got in my bed I fell asleep within minutes, and woke up about 5 minutes before my alarm went off. I felt refreshed.

Last night I was quite tired, but I didn't go to bed until just before 1:00. When I woke up this morning I really didn't feel like I wanted to get out of bed and I still feel a bit tired now.

I think maybe this is due to me drinking a couple of small beers with my dinner last night. It seems to me that alcohol reduces the quality of my sleep, so maybe I should go to bed a little bit earlier if I have drunk something alcoholic.

This was another nap where I woke up confused!

My alarm went off after 2 hours, and I turned it off and then laid there for a while trying to work out what was going on. After about 30 seconds I realised that I didn't need to get up and go to work and that it was actually dinner time!

The weird thing is that waking up to the ipod is totally different to waking up to my vibrating alarm clock, but when I am half asleep things like this aren't do obvious...