Day 2.1

It just got quite a bit more difficult. Towards the end of the dawn block, I was hit with this massive wave of sleepiness. I sort of had my eyes half-open, and was walking in circles in the small space that is my dorm room, because I knew if I sat down, I'd fall asleep. (3 out of 10 for the drowsy wave. It would be even lower, if I had not started walking.) There were definitely moments when I sat at my desk, doing absolutely nothing because I was completely drained of motivation, zoning out and staring at the wall, and then microsleeping a few times (I'd guess no more than 30 seconds each), and realizing I need to stay awake, and the knitting dangling from my fingertips just isn't doing it, leading to my getting up and pacing up and down the room. (Whew, run-on sentences!) But then I took my 6:30 am nap, and things got better.

The morning block nap was a bit of an adventure. I went out to the lounge, where someone had switched off all the lights (the lights are often on at night). I thought perhaps it was to conserve energy, and thought nothing of it. I went to the couch I took last night, and found that it, and a number of other couches, all had sheets and piles of blankets on them. My first thought (remember, I was tired) was Oh, how nice! Let me find the biggest, softest pile! And I almost sat on the poor guy before I realized that they were actually a bunch of drunk people who couldn't make their way back to their own dorms last night/this morning, and so had to stay over. The dorm had a party on a Wednesday night; can you believe it?

Anyhow, so I napped on a couch in the foyer instead. It was probably the shortest it has ever taken me to fall asleep. And I had a dream! I don't remember it very well, but I know my mother was in it, and something happened in the dream that caused me to wake up a few minutes before I was supposed to. I went back to sleep, and let the alarms wake me up.

Morning block has been fine. A little grogginess at the beginning, but that's mostly from waking up. After the shower (no mishaps this time!) I was really very awake (I'd venture a 10 out of 10). Showers are wonderful for waking me up. I might end up showering twice a day, when I get tired enough to need constant waking up.