Saturday - Sunday 19-20/5/2018

I was almost spot-on the critical minimum this time, and this was a satisfactory sleep, with all the wakefulness in one block apart from an earlier wee. I have yet to understand what causes the various patterns, other than that I need 8 hours sleep opportunity to achieve the critical minimum 6 hours sleep, and exercise helps me sleep better.

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