So I had an interesting experience this morning.

First – a little background. 

The past few days, I have been extremely groggy just before my 1:30 am nap, up until just after my 5:30 am nap.  This has resulted in several oversleeps, which I have been extra viligant of.  Usually, during this time, it is a struggle to keep my eyes open.  I don’t believe it’s so much because I’m exhausted – it doesn’t happen any other times and I’m usually just as tired.  I think it has more to do with my day/night, light/dark rythms.  Or, maybe more believably, it is when I would hit my deepest sleep phases back when I was sleeping on a monophasic schedule.  Which makes sense to me.

This morning, though, at right about 4:00 I was doing all I could not to fall out of my chair, when suddenly it was like a fog lifted, and I was no longer tired.  It was almost instantaneous, and a little disconcerting!

But, this tells me that my body is continuing to adjust, and I’m still on track to eventually making the switch.  I also had a fairly vivid dream during my 5:30am nap today, which is another good sign.  This means I’m hitting my REM sleep within my brief naps.  Another sure sign that my body is making the adjustment.

I’m still not 100% there, and I’m sure there’s still a fair bit of struggle left to overcome, but it seems things might start becoming gradually more and more downhill from here on out.

One of these challenges is that I tend to let the dog sleep with me for my naps, but this makes me that much more comfortable, and thus that much more difficult to wake up!  But I’m doing good and reminding myself to snap awake when the time comes, and get active as soon as possible.