Welcome to DV man!! It sounds like you are quite a natural LD'er as 5-10 vivid dreams per week is quite good! (From what I know)
Dream recall is pretty much the base of all of Lucid Dreaming. But I can see yours is already pretty good.
Now, as for your mind justifying all the real random things in your dreams.... Don't worry, that's completely normal. Everyone gets that (again, from what I know), but mainly just try to do reality checks throughout the day, or maybe just try out KingYoshi's All Day Awareness.
I would recommend reading that, and also this: Puffins DILD Guide

I'm sure you will be a good LD'er and it's good to be dedicated. Don't give up if your first LD takes a while (Although I think that for you it might come quickly), because for some people it takes ages.

Hope I helped!

If you have any questions at all, feel free to PM me or an admin!