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I moved this morning nap forward a little bit and shortened it. I did this because I was becoming more and more alert before the nap, and I thought if I don't take it soon, I will not be able to sleep!

I fell asleep pretty quickly and woke up feeling pretty good. I felt like I would normally feel after getting up on my monophasic schedule.

Last night was the first night that I wasn't sure I'd be able to fall asleep for my core. Yesterday I felt myself become a bit more awake just before each sleep, but in the end I slept through all of them. I must have fallen asleep for my core in a couple of minutes at most.

I had a good sleep as always, but I do feel a little groggy now like I normally do.

I have been counting my breathes to fall asleep: You count each time you breathe out from 1, 2 up to 10. If you get to 10 you start again at 1.

While I was going to sleep I would count '1, 2, 3, 4' and then drift off into a dream. A few seconds later I would realise I was dreaming and wake up. Although I don't remember any of them in particular, they were vivid flashes of people and scenes.

This must have happened 5 or 6 times before I drifted off into a nice sleep. Now I feel a little bit groggy but I am glad to have slept.

This morning I felt very sleepy. For some reason I started to feel a little less sleepy around 11:45, but after my cycle home I still managed to fall asleep pretty quickly.

My sleep was refreshing and I felt alert straight away after waking.

Unusually, this nap took me a while to fall asleep for. I knew it would be more difficult so I used my face mask.

I'm pretty sure I was laying awake for at least 10 minutes of it, but now I feel pretty good. I would say I feel more alert now than I normally would in the morning on a monophasic sleep pattern. Let's see how this holds up throughout the day!

This was the first time I have woken up from dreaming since starting this sleep pattern. This is a very good sign and means that the length of my core is probably right now.

I still feel a bit tired, but it is not as bad as the usual feeling when I wake from my core.

After not really sleeping at lunch time today, I was worried that I would not be able to sleep for my 5:00pm nap. In the end I fell asleep quickly and slept like a log!

I still feel drowsy from sleeping but I'm sure that will pass and I will feel better.

I think I slept for at least a few minutes but I'm not 100% sure.

I was getting more and more tired up to my nap, and I laid down and closed my eyes and maybe slept a few minutes. I woke up and felt slightly sick and took a sip of water and only 10 minutes had passed. Afterwards it was like starting again, and maybe I slept a few more minutes but I don't know.

I do however feel like I've been to sleep and I am less drowsy.

My girlfriend stayed up with me from 3:00 to 6:30, and we went to bed together for this nap. The difference is that she is still in bed now, whereas I am just wishing I was still in bed!

I fell asleep quickly as usual but for some reason I woke up after 10 minutes and thought I had overslept. I looked that the clock and it said 15 minutes left so I went back to sleep.

I feel quite tired.

Today for the first time I took the full 3:30 hours for my core sleep. I woke up feeling tired as usual, but after about half an hour the tiredness faded and this has been the easiest morning yet.

Last night I wanted to give up - I was sick of feeling tired all of the time. My girlfriend persuaded me not to, and agreed to get up with me for this period which has been great. It's great to have someone else to talk to and to not have to worry too much about making noise.

I laid down and dozed off, and what seemed like a few seconds later woke up but kept my eyes closed. A few seconds later the alarm went off.

I don't feel particularly refreshed but I was really tired today. I think I have accumulated some sleep debt yesterday.

I was feeling a little sleepy this morning, and in the end we went roller blading from 10:30 - 12:00. When I got in I was starving so I ate a pice of Spanish cured ham, and then went for my nap.

I was worried that I wouldn't sleep so soon after doing exercise but I passed out straight away and had a nice nap. I still feel tired afterwards but I'm used to that by now...

I crept into my girlfriends bed and was out like a light. This is normally one of my favourite naps as I fall asleep so easily for it. I wish they were all this easy!

Okay so I moved my core back a bit today. To be honest I thought I was going to have to abort this experiment but I guess I'm still here!

Last night I had my pet rat out (who is very old and has 2 tumors growing on her) and at about 10:00pm she started to get weird. I think she couldn't breathe because of the cancers pressing on her lungs. In the end I sat with her for a while because she seriously looked like she wouldn't survive and I couldn't just dump her back in her cage to die.

At about 23:30 which was 15 minutes after my bed time, I discussed with my girlfriend what I should do. In the end, I slept downstairs on the sofa with my pet rat on my chest while she watched Red Dwarf DVDs and watched me to make sure I didn't roll on her or anything.

At about 2:00am I woke up and my rat seemed to have much improved so I put her back in the cage, and my girlfriend went up to bed. I stayed on the sofa and had another 1.5 hours of actually pretty good sleep.

I woke up easily for my alarm but now I feel very drowsy. I'm not sure of the overall quality of my sleep last night, but at least I can still continue with this!

I'm not 100% sure whether I slept or not for this one. I was quite drowsy before the nap, and I definitely felt the sensations of falling asleep a few times, but I seemed to snap out of it each time. I'm not sure whether I snapped out of it before falling asleep or a while after.

It felt a lot quicker than 25 minutes though so I guess I did sleep a bit. I feel pretty good now but still a bit tired.

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.