No lucid last night, but a great night of dreaming nonetheless. First, I got over 8 hours of sleep, which is a good thing all by itself.

Second, for the first time last night I tried prepping Wife (or her DC) for CALD. Wife shows up in a dream virtually every night, making her by far my most common DC and most common dreamsign. The prep itself just involved spending the time before sleep imagining a conversation with her where I asked her to aggressively remind me that I'm dreaming and to perform a reality check. Amazingly, she did just that in a false awakening, although I was too thick to pick up on it. Very encouraging. I posted the (amusing) results in Dream Snippets: http://www.dreamviews.com/f151/intro...ml#post1947240

I also experienced some very strong hypnagogic imagery after my WBTB that may have led me into the early parts of a WILD. I faded partially into and out of as many as ten different, very vivid scenes. I'd be in for maybe a second or two then find myself awake again. Sometimes I'd sort of DEILD back in and sometimes I'd just latch onto a new piece of imagery. Even though I never turned this into a lucid dream of any significant length, it was a great experience. Is this what the beginning of a WILD is like for me? Is this something else? Very intriguing new toy to play with.

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Edit: Epiphany!
What a post. This gives a very thorough treatment of the issue I brought up with mental control during DEILDs and WILDs.