nap

14:45 to 16:30 nap.

sleepy but

ok, I have not gone to bed yet. I first felt that sleepy feeling at 5:40, but I don't want to be asleep all day and then be up again all night. I have to work the day after tomorrow. So I am going to try to be awake for as much as I can today. I probably have to take a nap at some point but hopefully not too long of a nap.

nap

16:00 to 17:00 nap.

I had to take a nap which means the 10 hours I slept before was not sufficient to make up for the sleep deficit. Not sure when I'll be able to sleep next. Rotating shift work makes it difficult to keep regular sleep habits.

10 hours of sleep

I slept from 1:40 to 11:40.

nap

14:15 to 17:30 nap.

I couldn't stay awake so I took a nap and set my alarm. I'll probably be sleepy this evening.

24 hours

I just realized, I've been awake for 24 hours now. When you are awake a lot, it's easier to stay awake like this. When you are not used to being awake, it's difficult to stay awake but easier to fall asleep. When you are used to staying awake, it's more difficult to fall asleep or to stay asleep. Your body gets used to being awake even when you are tired. Your body feels that being tired and awake at the same time are normal. If you have a job where you are constantly having to keep yourself awake, then when you are home and about to fall asleep, you get this body jerk that wakes you up. It's really weird and probably not good for you.

Couldn't sleep

I finished working the night shift on Friday morning. Then I went and stopped in at my company's head office in Tachikawa. I stayed there until noon. After that I went home, ate lunch, and got on the computer. If I remember correctly, it was around 15:30 that I gave in and decided to sleep. I got up around 18:30 (3 hrs). I ate supper and then got back on the computer. At 23:00 I was sleepy again, which was a good thing. I wanted to sleep the whole night. I went to bed then but found myself awake at 2:30 Saturday morning. Finally, after 3:00, I decided to just get up because it was obvious I wasn't going to fall back to sleep. I stayed up until at least 4:30. Then I went back to bed and couldn't get up until 12:30. So then I was up ALL night Saturday night. (That was just last night.) I couldn't sleep at all. I started getting sleepy and so at 6:00 I tried to take a nap but I could not fall asleep right away. I needed to get up at 6:30. It was just at that time when I could have fallen asleep, but instead I had to get up. Now it is past 11:30 and I am really tired. But I think I should stay up until evening and then go to bed.