Sounds like you're right where you need to be, passing through the "almost lucid" phase that I think just about all of us go through at some point. I certainly did. This bit's totally normal. When I was first getting my LD practices started, I used to have so many dreams about LD that it would drive me nuts. I spent a whole dream sitting in "The Lucid Sports Bar" watching lucid dreamers play lucid dreaming sports on all of these TVs, wishing I could be like them. I mean, come on.

Trust me, it's a good thing. This is a symptom of your expanding awareness and progress. Just replay these scenes in your mind, reminding yourself that you should have become lucid, and thinking specifically of what should have made you lucid. Make it something you will remember later when it comes up again. Plant these seeds for yourself later. They are sure to pay off. You are very close!

Your recall is actually excellent, bordering on amazing. I suppose that there's always a "next level" to reach with any skill, but 5 detailed dreams is just great.

In fact, please teach me how to recall this much on so little sleep! A typical night for me is 4 dreams recalled, 2 detailed, 2 usually abstract/weird/conversational. You really have this dialed in. Impressive!

Anyway, I'm being serious. Consider me signed up for your class on how to recall 5 typewritten pages worth of dreams!