Here are the most important things I've discovered recently:
- Just because it didn't feel like I slept, doesn't mean I didn't.
- These REM periods don't feel like normal sleep. It really feels like you're nodding off. You have this phase of dreaming, then snap, you start hearing the stuff around you again. At that point, get up. Even if your alarm hasn't gone off.
- When you get up, GET UP!
- This is the main problem I was having earlier. When you wake up from these REM periods, you don't feel like you've slept. At least, I haven't. I'd think I just missed my opportunity to sleep, and I'd try to sleep harder. Often I would get to sleep, but then it would be normal sleep. Then, when my alarm would go off, I would be groggy. Or I would just sleep through it. Yeah, that's bad.
Tomorrow is the _One Day_ I cannot miss classes. I probably wouldn't do too terribly if I missed Intro to Computer Organization, but I have a quiz in History (9.5 AM), and I don't know how many quizzes I'll have in this class. I need to do some more studying tonight, since he'll be quizzing us on things he's never covered (*sigh*).
I've not been using my light as often as I should. I think I'll use it after my 2AM and 6AM naps today.
Food is becoming an issue. I get really hungry late at night since I'm up so often. I've been having Subway, but that's waaaay too much money. For now, I'm using ramen, but we all know how long ramen takes to get old. I've not eaten at all, which is fine, but it makes getting breakfast uber important. It's not terribly easy to get breakfast on Tuesday and Thursday, due to my schedule.
For those of you crazy enough to try this: Be careful. Watch your eating, attitude, and mental acuity. If you feel drowsy, don't drive. You're on very few hours of sleep. Most of the time you'll feel fine, once you've adjusted. But when you hit those occasional lows, don't do anything dangerous.
That's about it for now.
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