Day 6:
There's not much new to report today, the days feel like they're beginning to blur into one as the schedule is starting to feel more natural. I would still say that the second day was hardest by far.
Last 'night', I stayed up until 3:30am. I found it considerably easy. I basically spent a couple of hours writing fan fiction, and another couple of hours catching up watching more Heroes. I'm still trying to go easy with the extra activities though, I don't want to burn myself out too quickly.
This morning I had my alarm set for 8:15am, but I actually woke up at the end of my third sleep cycle at 8:00am exactly. Seeing as it's saturday I found it quite difficult to pull myself out of bed. I managed though.
It took me about an hour to get over the morning drunken state this time, which is a considerable amount less than yesterday. I generally felt good most the day, feeling sleepy at times my naps were due. A good sign that my circadian rhythm is resetting itself.
Today I had my naps at 3:40pm and 9:25pm. I know these are an hour or so outside my normal nap times, but the weekend in our house has a different schedule than the weekdays, meaning I still have to figure out what times work better for the weekdays. An hour or two difference either way shouldn't hurt with this schedule.
The first nap I kept drifting in and out of sleep for a few seconds at a time. I've now come to realize that it's basically micro-sleeping but with my eyes closed. My second nap, which I took just now, I fell asleep to again towards the end. I can't really judge for how long I was asleep, probably not longer than five minutes again, but my alarm woke me unexpectedly, me not realizing that I'd actually drifted off.
I really feel like my body is starting to understand and go along with the new changes. I'm really pleased. Personally I thought it'd be harder than this, especially after reading other people's logs. I won't be too quick to judge my progress though, apparently the second week is the hardest. I can't believe tomorrow will be a full week exactly!
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