Feeling kind of dead at the moment; probably just sleep inertia.

After sleeplessness during naps 1 and 2, 1730 and 2330 yesterday, ’twas a welcome surprise when I dropped off pretty much immediately at 0530 this morning. I slept the full twenty minutes, perhaps even a minute or two over.

For what it’s worth I’m awake and somewhat coherent. Not really too sleep deprived (yet). Cognition’s acceptable, if a little below ‘well-rested’ – short-term memory’s not great, but I’m functioning at a normalish level overall. I imagine my exam performance this afternoon will be a better indicator of ability during this adjustment phase.

This is promising. Coming from a relatively monophasic pattern, I'm capable of at least getting to sleep during that time, and I've barely started yet.

I anticipate that the difficulty of getting up after a nap will build very fast over the next few days, but so far not a problem.

The week's worth of normal-life sleep deprivation is starting to build up as I mock my body with the prospect of sleep. Exam tomorrow afternoon, so I'm counting on getting at least something out of my next two naps. The next week is going to be a challenge. :)