Biphasic: Day 1

Last night's sleep was very interrupted and felt altogether insufficient, but I awoke this morning alert and energized as if I had slept like normal (which can sometimes be over 8 hours in the summer). I found myself getting hungrier than I usually am, a side affect I expected, but not so soon. I don't think there is a correlation just yet between the two, though. I played guitar for a few hours, surprised by my stamina for playing at length. This Wednesday I am supposed to do a small set with Nick Fairley a local Hot Topic, and while I'm preparing for it physically with practice, I don't know how the whole "sleep zombie" thing is going to interfere. I would say that less sleep doesn't seem to hinder me, but...

After napping from 5:00pm to 6:30pm, I am exhausted. I woke up with my heart beating wildly and the desire to just fall back into bed... but that would have most likely postponed this post by many hours. After being awake for a little under half an hour, I am getting to be more alert, but I have that exhausted feeling in my forehead... the one that pulls your head down when your eyes happen to close by themselves. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone, but it's somewhat like a weight.

It's strange that with so little sleep (and interrupted sleep, too) I felt fine, but after a solid ninety minutes of evening napping, I just want to go back to bed. I expect my body to do some very strange things in the next week, though. I'm still open to suggestions for everything, so please leave comments. Primarily, I'm looking for puzzles to test my mental clarity, creativity and such. The practicality side is already manifesting, though: I missed a call for dinner plans and felt so good earlier that I missed my initial 4:30pm to 6:00pm nap schedule and had to shoot for 5:00pm to 6:30pm.

I've set aside many games to play for this week, in hopes that having something to keep me active will keep me awake. Some games, guitar, and reading.... though I think I'll hold off on reading. I am trying to stay awake, after all.