Day 6: Bachelors party and temptation

I found the previous night to be very easy as I was hanging out with a friend till about 4am which made the time pass much more quickly and kept my attention away from lack of sleep.

I had a bachelors party today out at a friends cabin so I spent the majority of the morning just packing stuff up and getting ready. I felt very alert and normal all morning until I got on the road. Driving in the morning was making me rather tired.

When I arrived we went boating and road Styrofoam surfboards behind the boat. Holding the tow rope made my arms sore a lot more quickly than it normally would. I can see how the lack of sleep is at least partially effecting my muscular endurance. I have a feeling I may be sore as my biceps were very fatigued.

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I did not actually have any muscle soreness :)
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Another interesting point that really become clear when I was in the water was my increased sensitivity to temperature. I have found that my body has much more difficulty regulating its core temperature. The water was reasonably warm, my friend saying it was much colder the day before, but still I felt freezing. It was sunny and hot, but in spite of this I was shivering after being in the water for 20 minutes.

I didn't have a crash period during the bachelor's party, instead I felt like I normally would in that situation. I wasn't super high energy but was still having a good time. It was very interesting psychologically to have to walk away numerous times during the day to go to bed. At the start I didn't tell many people and instead just snuck off. Some of the guys knew I was doing this though and pretty soon they all were asking "hey how was the nap", "sleep well etc." You generally will receive one of two responses when people find out your doing this. The first being genuine interest, "what? really that's cool man tell me about it" usually followed by some good natured joking. The second thinks your trying to kill yourself and its their duty to stop you. "don't you understand your body NEEDS 8 HOURS A DAY", "why can't you just be NORMAL" (ok the last ones from my dad haha). It is interesting that so far nobody has been able to notice that I am tired or have in any way changed my sleeping patterns before I tell them. This means that even if I have become sleep deprived its not to the point where it is overtly noticeable.

Finally comes the temptation. After we got off the boat and more people showed up we decided to tap the keg. I started out the day saying that I was not going to drink at all because of my polyphasic sleeping pattern. Most people were ok with this I think mostly because they didn't really understand it and didn't want to look further. There was some social/peer pressure but I think it was mostly internal. Most likely habitual, either way this pressure built up till I caved and grabbed a beer. This is the second time I have tried to drink while on the Uberman and both times this is what happened.

 The beer looked great and smelled great too, that frosty head and tall body who wouldn't want to drink you? Me, as soon as I took my first good sip I was done. I just didn't want to drink it at all. It didn't make me feel sick, it just didn't feel right. I think this has something to do as well with it always feeling like morning. Its pretty hard to start drinking in the morning unless you are on a major bender, looking for some hair of the dog hangover cure, or are thinking of attending meetings at AA. So I nursed that single beer for the entire day and left half of it in the cup.

I drove home before my 1 am nap. This was interesting because usually after a long day like this with plenty of activity and sun I would be very tired and have trouble driving through the dark. Instead I was pretty alert even though it was getting near my nap. A couple small bouts of sleepiness but they passed quickly and I was home.