5:07 AM; 1

For reference - day 1 is the first 24 hours after I woke up from my final monophasic night. Day 2 is the second 24 hours.....

So it's 5:09 right now. I'm going to get 30 mins. at 5:20 and looking forward to it... I'm not so much tired as I am sore; I played football this afternoon and my back is killing me. So playing video games and reading - the two activities I was counting on to hold me over until the morning - are no good because the worsen the stiffness. I haven't been extremely strict about sticking to me sleep schedule. I meant to wake up at noon today and sleep for 20-30 mins at the beginning of every 4 hour interval (12, 4, 8...) but I've ended up sleeping 20 mins at 4:30, 8:55, and 1:20, after waking up initially at 12:30. I figured that this being the first day, being off by 30 mins isn't going to effect my chances of success too much. Hopefully this attitude won't be my downfall. Since the whole point of this week of adjustment is to deprive myself of sleep, I figure that missing sleep is only going to bring about that mental adaptation more quickly. I simply have to make sure that I am sleeping enough as to be able to stay awake when I need to. At 4:30 I slept in a car, at 8:55 I laid in bed and drifted off for about 5 mins before my alarm went off, and at 1:20 I didn't come close to sleep. I've found that I've built up my expectations for this so much that I'm finding it difficult to go to sleep. I need some good movies. Well, it's about 5:20, so I'm going to see if I can actually fall asleep for a little bit - I'm allowing myself 30 mins this time around - before I force myself out of bed a little before 6. Hopefully my back won't feel so stiff when I wake up...