Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Post Prom Update

11:44 p.m.
That is the most tired I have been at any time for this experiment.  I had attended prom in Hamilton, Ontario and on my way home I could have easily fallen asleep within ten seconds at any given time.  I was so tired that it was a physical struggle to stay awake.  The transition from the car to being inside my home has waked me up a bit.

Earlier today I mentioned that this project was going too well and it was boring.  The struggle I believe will be at night.  Throughout the day it isn’t too challenging to stay awake because I’m doing things but at night it’s different.  I’m not up and about or working on anything.  Tonight I began to feel tired at about ten thirty.  This has been the case with the two previous nights as well.  I hope that being fully awake from ten thirty to one is something that I can achieve.

Me and my beautiful girlfriend before prom
Prom was fun.  The food was good and the people were social.  Being an introvert though, my energy was drained pretty fast and that could play a huge role in the amount of tiredness I experienced before. 

Up until ten thirty though I was completely alert and ready to go.  This will prove a big challenge to tonight.  I hope that I can stay up until one o’clock.

After My Second Afternoon Nap

2:35 p.m.
I just finished my second afternoon rest period half an hour ago.  This time I was able to fall asleep fairly quickly and woke up at the sound of the alarm.  I did get up right after the alarm went off.  I had to move this sleep block forward so that I could be ready to take my girlfriend to the prom.  Tomorrow I will have to keep the sleep period at 1:00 p.m. so that I can make her graduation ceremony.  After that I will push the nap time back an hour to its original spot.
  
What has surprised me the most is how hungry this sleep cycle is making me.  Normally I won’t have to eat too much and I won’t be hungry but my stomach constantly wants food.  I haven’t figured out an eating schedule yet either.  I just want some approximate times to base my meals around.
  
Prior to my afternoon rest I had not experienced any drowsiness whatsoever.  I was completely awake and alert.  I wasn’t sure if I would be able to fall asleep quickly but I guess I did.
  
I haven’t experienced any effects mentally or physically today so that is a positive sign.  So far this experiment has been much more boring than I had hoped.

Second Update of the Second Day

8:02 a.m.
This morning my body has reacted much better than yesterday.  I feel completely normal with no negative side effects.  This is exciting because I thought that I would be very tired today.  It is however still only eight in the morning so there’s lot’s of time for things to go downhill.
   
Since prom is today and I need to pick up my suit from the tailors (I know I’m cutting it close).  I need to do this around three o’clock this afternoon to have time to drive to my girlfriend’s school half an hour away.  This means that I will be taking my afternoon sleep period earlier today.  Instead of the 2:00 to 3:00 block that I’m planning on using, I will attempt to sleep from 1:00 to 2:00.  This shouldn’t make much of a difference or mess up the experiment.
My girlfriend's corsage
 
I also noticed that my journal updates are becoming smaller.  I view this as a good thing because I am just reducing it to the most important information and it is quicker for my viewers.  If you want longer posts I’m sure I can handle it, just let me know.
 
Everything is functioning as it should so that’s exciting.

Second Morning In

5:20 a.m.
I wanted to get the computer before I went to sleep last night but I couldn’t as my brother was using it.  As I said before, I felt a tiredness last night and this prevented me from continuing a story that I’m working on.  It was about ten thirty and I decided that I should be productive while I was still awake.  I tried to write but my brain was too tired and I couldn’t really come up with anything that was good quality. 

That’s when I decided to watch TV to keep me up again.  Right now I’m only using TV as a means to keep me awake until my body adjusts and I can be productive late at night.  That’s at least my hope right now.
 
It should also be noted that I fell asleep about half an hour early when I was watching Conan.  This of course wasn’t on purpose and I woke up at 1:30 then went to bed immediately.  I don’t think this will have a big impact on my sleep schedule as it was only half an hour and close to my normal sleep period anyway.
 
This morning I felt much more rested than when I woke up yesterday so that’s good to see.  My body doesn’t have any of the headache/light headedness, stomach issues or shakes that I had yesterday but that could change. 
 
I have had a banana for breakfast and I will be going for a run right now since it’s already 5:30.

The picture above is that of one of the three bunnies that I had spotted this morning on my run. I saw two within the first couple minutes and another within the last minute of my run.  I thought that they were cute so I'll include a picture of one of them here.