Yesterday morning I had my very first lucid dream!!
I don't mean to sound like I won an award or anything, but I'd like to take a moment to express how thankful I am to have found this site & forum - I can't say enough about how valuable the tips & shared experiences on here have been to me. In particular I'd like to thank Rathez, Elucive, Wolfwood, Puffin and MasterMind for their respective guides and various posts.

Anyway, this was a MILD in case anyone is curious. After waking up in the mid-morning hours and doing my MILD routine as I went back to sleep, I dreamed that I was at work, and I was almost immediately aware that I was dreaming. I surprised myself by remaining calm when I became lucid, but the dream ended abruptly anyway: As soon as I raised my hands to do an RC (just for the novelty of a first in-dream RC) I woke up. I'm not upset about it though, because it feels so good to finally succeed. I feel that this is the start of something wonderful. =)

There are very few details beyond what I mentioned here, but I did post the full dream as my very first online DJ entry. Thanks again to all you fine people, I look forward to learning more from you, and sharing more with you.