Tlaloc

method: I-AM, WT: 4.50 from REM sleep, 22 repeat, around 3 repeats and then DILD at 6.00
comments: pretty happy as method worked well again, with the tight window before our alarm goes off at 6.20am

Dream: I am in our bathroom with my wife and washing dishes in our out of place large metal freestanding tub. I am telling wifey that I have missed out on my chance to LD, she suggests changing the time to do a wake up and I suddenly think 'this is it - I'm dreaming'. I remember the TOTM challenge and rub my hands together as I charge down our hall towards my daughters open door yelling out (to no one in particular) 'I need some shoes!' (cheesey eh!). I get to her doorway and I can see out her window and wonderfully even the hall and her room are as exactly in real life the view is completely different. Rather than the neighbours roof and trees there is an open view of rolling green hills spreading to the horizon and a pinkish glow to the air - unfortunately this is just a glimpse as as soon as I reach her room the dream fades.
I am in the void and try imagine rubbing my hands on the carpet, but this doesn't work, so I imagine rowing - this works better I can almost feel myself on a skiff but it never quites happens. After awakening I still lie soon and slowly get some increasing visuals of walking up into a CTU type office, but by then my wife is up and I have to get up.

thoughts: next LD going to concentrate on stabilization before running off, I really need to connect with the environment, I had enough time to do this but focused on the task too quickly.
Also the rowing could be a good DIELD trick for me, the motion seems easy and natural.