Day 6.1

I have discovered a remarkable, remarkably simple new concept -- the mini-snooze!

Now, the iPhone has its snooze function preset at nine minutes. Obviously, a nine-minute snooze would be devastating for an Uberman sleeper. But the effective time for these "20 minute" naps is actually somewhere between 18 and 23 minutes, depending on the person, the time of day, and a whole host of other factors -- so it's not completely inflexible, either. Enter the one-minute snooze.

Remember how I've set two alarms, spaced a minute apart, for each nap? Rather than waking up at the first one and turning both of them off as usual, this time, I switched each of them off as they sounded. I had another minute of horizontal time, during which I was awake (fiddling with a touch screen slider will do that) but not quite out of bed. The gradual wake-up (as gradual as a minute can get) is wonderful, the 100% full brand of wonderful; so much better than forcing myself upright as soon as the first alarm goes off, for fear of the comfy bed/couch/sleeping surface luring me back into the snares of sleep.

Oh, and I had a dream! Not only was it a dream, it was a semi-lucid dream! I've always wanted to have more lucid dreams. (I've only ever had a few.) I recall thinking, quite distinctly, I would be so amused by this, were I awake. I should try to remember it, so I can have a good laugh later! Unfortunately, I seem to be having some difficulty remembering what exactly it was that I found so funny in my dreamscape. There was a lot of dark green, and at least one other person, but that's as far as it goes. O, ye gods of irony, pick on someone your own size for once!

EDIT: Mini-snooze = wonderful; both feet falling asleep, not so wonderful. I managed to get off the couch (yes, half an hour later; the laptop is a foot away) and fall like a sack of potatoes onto the floor. Probably a better wake-up call than any number of alarms.