WILD Dream Journal

As I was getting ready for bed I set my alarm slightly earlier then last night and took a mental note telling myself to wake up before my alarm.

Fell asleep, and I found myself awake a couple minutes before my alarm was scheduled to go off. I walked to the bathroom, emptied my bladder then I walked into the guest bedroom laid down and began attempting WILD shortly after. I recall this transition taking quite a long time. I was getting more imagery then I previously experienced and my transition lasted for what felt like 3-4 minutes.

I remained patient and found myself experiencing a falling sensation. As I felt myself falling I focused on closing my eyes and after the sensation stopped I opened them. I found myself laying down in a bed within a log cabin. I got up quickly and remember being very excited to begin my dream. On a bench next to the bed sat my dog. After getting up I decided I wanted to interact with my surroundings in my dream prior to trying the planned events I had. I began asking my dog questions and talking to her expecting some kind of answer. Instead she just stared at me with a blank stare.
After trying to talk to her for a bit I wanted to go outside. I opened the door and found a flight of wooden steps. The steps were fairly long and led to a similar valley that I had experienced last night in my dream. I remember looking around and there was a path to the left of the stairs. When I noticed this path I saw a figure walking down the path and as he approached I remember looking at his top hat in detail. He had papers in his hand and he was happily skipping down the trail.
As he came closer I asked him who he was. As I asked him this question he threw all his papers in the air and I found myself staring at all the papers. Each paper had different things of significance on them and they really grabbed my attention.
Soon after he dropped all his papers the dream transitioned into a fully snow covered ski trail. The dream character had fallen on his skis and there were two people around him trying to lift him up. I recall approaching him and as I got close to him I turned my head to keep him centered and recall seeing an isle behind him. It looked like an isle in a grocery store and shortly after seeing this isle I woke up.

I lost lucidity after talking to the dream character. I believe the papers triggered my focus and made me forget that I was dreaming. Tonight I think I rushed into my dream and when I obtain lucidity again I am planning on stabilizing my dream before interacting with it.