Yesterday I finished creating an alarm clock that will dump a glass of water on me if I don't turn it off. Today I tried it, but unfortunately (or fortunately) I heard my alarm and stopped it before I got wet. The one nap that I didn't use it I told a friend to wake me up, and while that works in theory when he tried to wake me up I appearently grunted and turned back over, oversleeping a little. Doing that, though, brought up an interesting point.
It was the early evening nap, and instead of it being half an hour it turned to 2 and 1/2 hours. When I woke up from this long nap I felt really tired, which is something I usually don't experience after taking a 1/2 hour nap. So I went to bed for one more half hour and then woke up feeling normal. Apparently my body is not liking long periods of sleep.
Taking short naps is so refreshing - when I wake I feel just as I would feel if I woke up from an 8 hour sleep feeling rejuvenated- only in this scenario that feeling lasts for hours. Even when I get tired that same refreshing mindset remains, which is kind of weird that my body can mix the two feelings. In any case it is such a wonderful and relaxing and invigorating feelings - I love it! (It is most similar to waking up at 5 pm suddenly to go the airport - at first you aren't tired and driving in the dark makes you feel awesome).
One thing I'm considering is changing the times I take my naps. So far all naps have been approximately 5 and 1/2 hours apart, and during the day I feel good, but at night sometimes I get sleepy. I wonder if I took less naps during the daylight hours and more naps after dusk if that would help. At the same time, if this is just my body adapting I don't know if spreading the naps so far apart during the day will be beneficial long term. I'll think about it more.
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