I won't give up, fOrceez! I see encouraging signs every now and then, so at least I can see some progress.

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That is sooo cool I have a pet sheep myself, she lives at a petting zoo where I work every wednesday. She is hand raised because her mother didn't want her so she is really used to people, espacially the people who fed her and plays with her. She is 7 months old now and really big (she is a large breed) but when I let her out of her stable she will run after me and do the silliest jumps like she is a baby lamb. As you probably can tell, I love her very much!
That's nice. You're lucky that your sheep is affectionate and playful. Must be cool to work at a petting zoo. I have a great admiration for fat animals, so it wouldn't be good for me to work at a place like that. I'd overfeed all the animals.

I've been trying to maintain awareness for longer periods of time today. I performed about 10 RCs again today. I'll be experimenting with VILD this week, as I think it will be easier for me to do the mantras while visualizing a scene. My first LD was from mantas and a VILD, so I want to see if the VILD had helped me, or if it was a coincidence. I had been trying to incubate a dream that incorporated a RC, but didn't realize it was considered a VILD.

I ate half a banana yesterday, and I didn't notice a big change in vividness. Once we have ripe bananas, I'll try a full one before bed. I did a WBTB, but I didn't stay up for very long. I was too tired to stay out of bed for long. I didn't bother writing my dream down either, but I thought about it for a while. I remembered most of it later in the morning, so I was still able to write it down. I shouldn't be so lazy.

I noticed something in my dream from a few nights ago. I had difficulty doing a math problem in my head. Granted, it was something like 178/1253, but I didn't even try to estimate the percentage. I just gave up. In prior dreams, I've found it difficult or impossible to visualize and count. I contemplating include visualization and math as part of my RC/awareness routine.