Days 11-12

Thursday was a pretty typical day. Today, however, was a bit crazy. I had a 4.5 hour core sleep, because I knew I'd be extremely busy with the tournament. I napped sometime around noon or 1:00 pm. Then I was awake for about eleven hours, which is the longest period of continuous awake-time I've had since I began the polyphasic sleep experiment. I was running at maybe 90% for most of the day, but once all the judges (I was manning the judge room) dispersed, I could literally feel my energy levels drop as we cleaned up. I got back to the dorm around midnight, and I was pretty much exhausted, running perhaps 20% at best. A few of my friends were in the lounge, and I wanted to hang out with them, since we hadn't really done much together this quarter, but I knew I needed a nap. My body was practically screaming "sleep!" at me. I did wake up in twenty minutes, only to find that they'd all disappeared upstairs. I found them eventually, and wasn't quite tired anymore (70-80%, I'd say). It's not going to last though.

Tonight, I'm getting a three hour core, because I'm going to sleep at 3:45ish, and I have to be at the tournament rendevous point at 7:15. I'm nominally working until 11:00 pm, though it will actually be closer to midnight, again, until I get out. That's 17 hours. I may get one break, at most. I may post tomorrow night, just because I'll probably be completely zombified, and it might be amusing to read. Then again, I may not have time, and getting some core sleep might be a good idea.