Sleep Study

1. On average, I slept a total of about eight hours each night.
2. During the two week period of the sleep study, I was able to recall a total of six dreams. According to what we have learned in class, we don't remember our dreams unless we wake up during the REM stage of our sleep cycle.  Even if we do wake up, the thoughts we have in the few moments before slipping into sleep are seldom remembered; therefore it's difficult to remember dreams unless you stay awake.  I suppose the best way to recall my dreams is to force myself to stay awake and try to remember what I have been dreaming about.  Getting plenty of rest, and allowing your body to experience full sleep cycles helps in excellent dream recall.  Also, how long you stay up after waking from a dream determines how well you recall the events of said dream.
3. One dream I had in particular was one that involved me, an old friend, and a football game.  It was one of my more vivid dreams.  I attended a football game with a friend I haven't seen in five years.  The team we were cheering for had orange and purple as their team colors.  It was just a typical football game I suppose.  We cheered for our team and made small talk during the boring parts.  I don't remember who won, but it was really bizarre.  I have absolutely no idea what the dream meant.  I haven't given that particular friend a passing thought since he moved five years ago, and I don't like football that much.  He used to play football though, so maybe that's where the connection was.  This didn't seem to line up with any theory in the book.  It didn't seem like a recap of my day, or a run-through of what I had learned beforehand.  If anything, it was weird enough to fit in with Freud's wish-fulfillment theory.  I don't understand what it means though.
4. I slept a lot less during the week than I did on the weekends.  I also went to bed much later on the weekends and slept in the next morning.  I tended to feel a lot better on the weekends and have more energy during the day.  It seems that no matter how long I sleep at night, I still feel crappy if I wake up at 7AM as opposed to noon.  Both on October 2nd and October 10th I felt a lot more energized than during the week.  Also, the majority of the dreams I recalled occurred on the weekends.
5. I feel like I get enough sleep to fulfill the events of my day.  I mean, I'm not drooling on my calculus book by noon at least.  During the week I tend to feel a little tired now and then, but it's never enough to interfere with what I have to get done.  More sleep would be nice, but it's not extremely necessary.  For the most part, I get eight hours of sleep anyway.  I suppose if I tried to go to bed a little earlier, I might feel a little better during the day, but with three AP classes to keep up with, as well as college and scholarship applications, I'm pretty fortunate to get the sleep I do get.