Day 10

4:00am: Woke to alarm after 2 hours sleep, laid down my head for a second again and unintentionally went right out like a light.

5:00am: Awoke with great difficulty after a total of 3 hours sleep. I am so sleepy that I feel like I have been drugged. Is this good or is it indicative of a lack of sleep? Based on my previous analysis, it is good because I am sleeping so much more deeply now than I have since my 20's, and it is indicative of my body not having adjusted yet to this schedule.

6:37am: Made breakfast, was highly inefficient in the kitchen. Everything I do takes mental effort. I have some mental confusion; for instance, I had to stop and think which cupboard contained the drinking glasses; a normally autonomous action is today a puzzler.

7:00am: I am groggy and my eyes just want to close on their own. Cold air nor running in place did not help. I'll try a 20-minute nap.

7:20am: I am clearer. Funny how the first nap of the day always clears my mind. Let's see how the day plays out.

9:44am: Mind is much clearer. Got to my mail first thing this morning. This is a monumental event for me, since I am a tremendous mail-procrastinator. It usually languishes on my desk for a few days, I'll pick it up, put it down, and leave it there for a couple of weeks before I deal with it, hoping it will go away by itself. It usually doesn't. Who knew polysomnicity would help me deal with my terminal case of procrastination.

11:00am: napped for 20 minutes. Fell asleep like in about the amount of time it takes water to drain through a sieve. Dreaming was vivid and seemed to be continuous from the moment I laid down. Woke up very drowsy, again, like I have been given a dozen sleeping pills.

Note: Today is the most difficult so far. Up until today I have had reasonable through tremendous clarity throughout the day. So far today 50% of my waking time has been spent feeling like I want to go to sleep. I feel that I am either reaching some sort of barrier. Can I break through it and find something better on the other side? Should I try? What if there isn't anything better, or the barrier is impenetrable? I will find out.

4:10pm: I'm getting sick. I have a sore throat and my sinuses are swollen; difficulty breathing through my nose. I set the timer for 45 minutes to give more than double my nap length. Well, I'm not sure what happened - I remember waking up to my alarm but I don't remember if I turned it off. I awoke 2 hours later at 6:10pm. The good news is, I feel great again. Energy to spare, focus is up to normal.

Observation: I was getting sick, probable reason: my immunity levels were down, probable cause: lack of sleep. Confirmation of cause: I got sleep and am no longer exhibiting symptoms of the illness. Possible reasons for lack of sleep: a) body not yet adjusted to polysomnophasicity (ooo I like that one.) or b) It cannot adjust to polysomnosis. (-osis is a suffix expressing state, condition or process.) I'm going to disregard b), considering that I feel fantastic.

12:00pm - 20 minute nap. I was still feeling great, I could probably have gone a couple more hours without being tired, but I don't want to vary too far from the awake 4 hours/nap 20 minutes plan.

Note: I am having small difficulties with remembering things, such as when I go to do something, and then forget what I was just about to do. I haven't had this problem since my 20's. Is it something that will clear up, or is it something associated with my mental state in my 20's, and if I am reverting to my 20's mental state, then it is coming back?

3:00am: core time