Hey world. No, I did not give up. I generally felt posting updates daily was jinxing my adaption. (Nothing to do with me being a lazy ass 
).
Okay.. the other reason I stopped, was on Day 5, the 18:00 nap, I suffered an incredible 12 to 13 hour Oversleep. Apparently I was tried to be woken several times by family, also I turned my own alarm off and went back to sleep. I remember none of it, its pretty strange feeling, being told all this stuff you did when you cant remember.
Anyway, after that I decided I would hide away from my readers intill I had adapted. And im coming out the shell on day 10 since im doing better than ever, so, to sum it up:
Day 6 – Whats to say? As if I would have a problem here, everything was fine.
Day 7 – Read above… Around here/next day I worked out that the nighttimes were really going to get to me.
Day 8 – I had the entire house to myself, meaning I didn’t have to ninja my way upstairs/making food etc – and for a 3rd day, it was.. average. (Note, I kinda see day 6 to current as a “re-attempt”, since a 12/13 hour OS pretty much sets everything back.) I had alot of difficultly staying awake at some hours.
I have made it a habit to have a hour long baths at around 7-8am. These hours are where I am at my worst, and waiting that hour to go while my body temprature heats up naturally, and the day becomes brighter, really helps. My bath is a shower/bath combo, so I can lie down and keep the shower head on, stops me falling asleep. The Day 8 nighttime was worse than the Day 7 one… I found it ever harder to stay awake, Internet and Games didnt keep me awake enough… Somehow, talking to ze on the Polyphasic IRC seems to solve this. (No really, it does).
Day 9/10 – I’m sleeping every nap easily now. Tonight I have 3 people around my house for the night. Heres some random facts about what happened.
- Copoius amounts of Vodka was consumed. I did not drink, I was NOT going to risk it.
A brilliant time-waster while adapting. Minecraft!
- at 11:45 pm on day 9 – everyone thinks it’ll be a great idea to go on a walk. They go, I stay. I have my nap. This is where I have a 1 hour oversleep. It was this nap that I work out I am now zombified enough that I will sleep through my phone alarm. I now will use earphones for each nap. The hour ovesleep led my friend (who just returned from the walk) to attempt to kill me in my sleep. He held my nose so my air intake = 0. However, it worked brilliantly and I not only carry on living, but it woke me up. It is now Day 10 (today), at 1:30/40 am
I guess I lost a REM cycle to this. Considering it was the first cycle, (with monophasers, the length of REM periods get longer each cycle, the first being the shortest) I am not woried and hardly consider this a OS. Thank you friends.
The next 8 hours are very interesting.
My friends had made a vow that while on the walk, they would go to McDonalds. The nearest McDonalds is 15 miles away or so down busy main roads. One of my mates (Sutton) decides not to go. While the other two decide to go, while very drunk. I give them my support, while making a note on the standered process of a funeral service, best be ready. The intend to go buy 8 cheesburgers and fries.
I spend the next few hours bouncing around like hell between tired, very tired, and slightly tired. My friend hogs my laptop, he is playing Minecraft. It was here I find that ze from the IRC somehow makes me feel awake.
It is now 5:45 am. Sutton gets a text from our friends. They have not been run over or killed. It took them 4 hours to walk to McDonalds, a impressive feat. It turns out they did not realise that at the time of day they arrived, only the breakfast menu was to be had.
I laugh like a evil overlord.
At 7:something I have my long bath. I come down to find my friends had reunited, and walked back. I also come down to find they are all asleep, and one of them have stolen my pillows and blankets etc to sleep with. Damn it. I get my revenge by waking them up by playing Guitar Hero.
As Day 10 progressed I napped fine, and managed to cope better. I know now that I am in zombie mode, and its at night it REALLY hits me. I am worried for the next 10 hours…
My new earphones, which better come tomorrow.
Also, my earphones have broken on one side. So I spent £25 on some expensive Skullcandy ones from Amazon, and paid extra to HOPEFULLY get them delivered tomorrow. These new headphones have MUCH better noise reduction, as well as fitting oh so very neatly. Only a tiny band of ducktape will be needed. I found normal Cellatape does not stick well to the skin, Ducktape is the way to go.
It is now about a hour till the opening midnight nap for day 11. Ze tells me in IRC that I should be over the hump within a day (or 2). I expect REM very, very soon.
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