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I took the night off (from waking after each dream) but a snippet from the last dream of the night: I was at some sort of camp and there was to be a grand ball that weekend. I was told I had to buy an item for someone at the ball who was special in some way, but did not know what it was and didn't understand the explanation given to me about it. I also didn't have a proper dress for the ball. When it started I stood outside and felt very klutzy that I hadn't got the item and wasn't dressed properly. I don't think I even went in.

I read somewhere here (have read so much I couldn't say where) to record the emotion in the dream, so I am trying to do that.

Last night I woke up 4 times to record some keywords of dreams. This morning I remembered only the last dream. I have felt very hungover today and I think I might have roused myself from sleep too many times last night. Will go easier tonight. If I have an LD, I expect I will wake up thoroughly from excitement so I'll let some NLDs go by tonight without recording, to catch up on sleep.

I woke up this morning to find the following written in my DJ, which I have no memory of writing:
"L & J (my daughters) are in a contest with some guys who are outclassed. They are taking it hard".

I wonder what that was about. Sounds like it would have been interesting to remember.

It sure is frustrating when you wake up and know you had a very involved dream with lots of action but then it slips away and you can only recall a fragment. I try desperately to hold onto the memory when I wake but it still slips away.

Last night I dreamt that I was helping our lecturer grade papers from a test we had written (that I had written myself). That was odd. Had a had a bit more awareness maybe I would have realised that was odd.

I have only just begun and have not had any lucid dreams yet. After about 4 nights of remembering a dream a night (and being aware that there were others I couldn't remember) I couldn't remember anything from last night. And I know I dreamt, several times. I am so disappointed. Will it just take more practice?

I had taken a sleeping pill, which I do occasionally if I have had a few nights of too little sleep. If anyone reads this, have you found that sleeping pills influence your dreaming or your recall? If they will get in the way, then I won't take them.