Alex and I did the some stretching and exercise this morning at about 1:30am. After the 3am nap I was feeling a little tired so we went for a walk which really did a lot to wake us up and make that period pass fairly easily.
I thought I had some very small dreams during my 7pm nap today which would indicate I was beginning to adapt, but I feel really tired after the 11pm nap. The next four hours are going to be rough I suspect.
I’ve been eating way too much junk. We ended up with a bag of chips and some beer which made it's way into the mix. I didn't have but one beer, and I think I'll keep it fairly infrequent and not have more than one in a sleep period until after the adaptation is fairly complete, but I'm not buying into the conventional wisdom that you need to completely avoid caffeine and alcohol to be successful at this schedule. I'm continuing to consume Diet Coke as well and it doesn't really seem to affect my sleeping much. That will be something I'll be monitoring though and if REM sleep seems difficult to come by I may have to cut back.
I feel muscularly tired. Walking tonight didn’t really make me feel refreshed like it did the previous night. Chilling and watching TV didn’t really help my muscles recover either.
Found my Erlang book tonight. If I can concentrate I might try to read it. Holy crap I feel beat though. It’s going to be a long time till 3am if I don’t shake some of this feeling.