Woke up at 1:00 AM feeling pretty good. At least I wasn't stumbling around falling all over myself like the last couple of nights. I was able to function fairly normally. Actually getting some things done.

My 3:00 AM nap was a pretty basic nap in the office. Again I was up and moving around a lucid. I have my laptop copying a couple of movies off the DVR so I'm sorting and organizing stuff on my desk. I was actually able to sit down and read some without feeling tired. The strange part is though, there are times when I just sort of nod off. At one point I was typing and, the next thing I knew I was waking up and there were about four pages of S's on the screen where I dozed of while holding that key. That happened a few times (though not always with the letter S - that would be creepy). But all-in-all a much more productive night.

The first nap last night, around 11:00 PM saw me have a little trouble getting to sleep. But after dealing with a flooded basement in the other house, I'm not entirely surprised.

Tried throwing in an extra nap to see if that helps with this tiredness. I was able to get some work done in the 3:00 - 4:00 AM range and am thankful for that. But then I was awakened sitting at my computer at 5:20 AM with the Mrs. kissing me on the cheek. Augh!

Went ahead and slipped into another nap and felt a little better afterwards. I think the pace of the day, once it got going, helped to stave off any additional tired spells. But I shouldn't be having this so I'm trying to figure out what it is that I'm missing.

Oh what a tumultuous night it was. I fought a losing battle all night. When I was asleep I was dead to the world. Mrs. said she came into the office at 5:30 this morning & kissed me on the head & I didn't even stir. The times when I was awake I spent as a groggy, stumbling mess who accomplished absolutely nothing. It seemed to be a disturbing setback. I don't know that it actually was but it felt that way. I cannot have a night like this next week while I'm in the middle of training. Was it the exercise the day before yesterday? Was it something I ate?

Lately I've been waking up before my alarm goes off so I've switched to 25-minute naps. They seem to be working fine although I was a little under-motivated this afternoon. I feel much better now.

Awoke from a kind of dazed stupor at 2:00 AM. I'm not exactly sure what has been happening for the hour before - it was a surreal kind of sleep-state.

The strange thing is that once I got up and started moving around and got some coffee I was W I D E awake. There wasn't a hint of sleepiness. I took off working on one of my projects & felt very productive. In fact, I felt so productive that I didn't want to take my 3:00 nap. I finally acquiesced at 3:40 & took a 25 minute snooze and then I was back up and cranking.

But now I'm confused. After having problems the last two nights I was ready to blame my overwhelming sleepiness on beef for dinner and to accept that it may have been interfering with my ability to reach REMvana. But then we had spaghetti with meat sauce last night for dinner and I had no sleepiness problems. I guess it wasn't the beef.

Now I'm wondering if it has been a lack of carbs. Right after Christmas I started a No Sugar, No Flour diet in order to shed some pounds. The diet is working well although it is driving the missus a little bonkers as she realizes how much of what we eat has flour and/or sugar in it.

Could it be that the whole grain spaghetti last night gave my system a boost it needed? More to come...

Drove over to the office in Peachtree City today. Even though I was tired this morning had no trouble with the driving or with concentration once I got to the office. I napped in the Taco Bell parking lot during lunch. That's always a little interesting - I wonder if I'm going to wake up to someone staring in the window at me. I didn't.

Awoke from about a two-hour nap and man am I tired. I have no idea why last night & tonight I suddenly feel very VERY tired. It's like I can't stay awake. (I actually came back and cleaned up this post because the typing was about half there.)

So I'm beginning to wonder if any particular food is affecting my sleep-ability. I hate to admit it but it could be that I have more trouble sleeping after eating beef. The results are not conclusive & more testing is required. For now I'm going to see if I can stay away from beef for a few days & check my results. If the problems cease, then I may try some beef on a weekend to test the impact.

I don't want it to be beef but that doesn't change the fact that it might be. Stay tuned for further feedback. Individual results may vary...

Suddenly very tired. I was tired all day today and am clueless as to why. My naps seemed good and I dreamed in all of them. just... so... tired... ???

One of the serendipities of this psycho-phasic sleeping schedule is that your college aged kids can call at anytime day or night. Dillon called at 1:00 AM and we talked for a while. I was more tired this morning between 6 and 8 AM and I'm not sure why...

Productive Night

I feel I have been very productive tonight. In the first two weeks there was a very clear delineation between daytime where I was able to function normally or better, and nighttime where the sandbags of sleep were constantly trying to weigh me down into slumber. This morning has been different - clear and lucid thought and a focus that had me cruising. Now this is beginning to get to where we can see what kinds of results we can wring from this alternative schedule.

The rest of my naps today went off without a hitch. It all feels pretty natural. Mrs. has taken to reminding me when it is time for my naps if I'm busy doing something.

Steve Pavlina talked about feeling like the days didn't change; like it was one very long day. I haven't noticed that yet. Maybe now that I'm having productive early morning hours I'll see it. What I have noticed is some confusion about which day it is. Without these notes I think the I couldn't tell you the difference between early Monday morning and early Tuesday morning.

When I was sleeping monophasically, the bedtime ritual and subsequent sleep provided a clear dividing line between one day and the next. So while I do notice the passing of the days, I find I have to think more about which day is which.