Thanks for the responses. I guess it would make more sense to use the "quick connect" and leave the mask on. I will try it tonight!
It is just that the mask is still very foreign feeling.

I am glad to have found this forum since I was recently diagnosed with Apnea. I was told all my life ( I am 49 now) that I snored VERY loudly so maybe it is all related. Anyways I am using the CPAP now. I can sleep fine with the mask until I wake up to go to the bathroom (5 AM or so) and then I fall...