I'd say you weren't close to WILDing because this...

Quote Originally Posted by BAMitsLauraX View Post
But when that picture came into my head I jumped awake...
...was a Hypnic Jerk.

As for dream journaling, I stay still in bed for a few minutes and play the dream over in my head backwards. I say backwards becasue I usually find it easier to try to remember everything from where the dream ended rather than from when it began. When I'm sure the dream's been commited to memory, that's when I get up.