The Shame Of Oversleeping

Day 3, Nap Count: 14, Alertness: 2

Well I knew it would eventually happen, I overslept. I didn't just oversleep, I overslept two naps in a row. So all in all I got 2 more hours then I should have today and its probably because of that that I had a hard time falling asleep during my naps today. This has really alerted me to my need of a really good back up alarm. So I am going to be on the hunt for alternative ways to wake myself up besides the alarm I am currently using on my iPod.

I have been feeling pretty much normal today. Fatigue is pretty much non-existent and I am ,for the most part, completely alert. One thing I have been noticing is though is that the day/evening hours are a lot easier to cope with then the early morning. By 4 am I am really fighting to stay awake but I link that to a lack of activity and mind stimulation due to the fact that everyone is asleep and I am just wandering around looking for stuff to do in my basement. Maybe another reason for my early mornings to be a struggle to stay awake is the fact that my body still hasn't ditched the ideology of "its 3 in the morning I should be asleep". But I can tell my body is adjusting because I feel perfectly alert during the day, so it is not like I am sleep deprived so badly as to I am falling asleep standing up. Another thing I am starting to notice is that because I am so alert during the day napping feels like a chore. I am still not sleeping during even 30% of my naps and because I am so alert I feel like I just want to skip "napping" (I say "napping" because for the most part I lay there for 30 minutes bored out of my mind) instead of just dropping what I am doing at the top of my 4 hours and go attempt to sleep.

One benefit I am really enjoying about this whole experiment is that Spring Break seems to be going by slowly instead of quickly. Of course this is because I am not sleeping in til 2 every day and wasting 12 hours a day on sleep. It feels great knowing its barely Wednesday when it feels like it should be Friday already.

I frankly am amazed at how well I feel at the end of day 3. I figured by this point I would feel at least foggy most of the day, but that isn't the case at all. Hopefully this alertness will spill over into next week when I get off break and start school again. Hopefully.