Well, last night was disappointing.

I spent yesterday doing the same thing as Sunday, repeating "I will lucid dream tonight" and "I will remember my dreams tonight" whenever I remembered. I actually got to go to bed about half an hour earlier than usual, which was nice, getting to bed around 9:45. I woke up just after midnight. Laying there, I was able to remember more than one dream; but as soon as I moved, I completely lost them Normally, I can record things without looking at my tablet's screen - it turns on as soon as I press a key on my keyboard - but last night something wasn't working right and I ended up having to look at the screen while I fiddled with settings. I don't know if it was the 2.5 hour sleep, the light from the tablet, or something else, but I had trouble falling back asleep. I think I fell asleep shortly after 12:45.

I woke up a cycle later at 2:20. I had the vague impression of dreams, but nothing that I could remember. I quickly got back to sleep.

I woke up at 5AM, which is around when I usually get up (my typical alarm is set for 5:10). I didn't even have the vague feeling of having any dreams to recall. I decided that since I'd gotten my normal amount of sleep, I'd try to WILD until this morning's alarm (6:30). Alas, that didn't get anywhere either.

I was able to lie perfectly still for 45 minutes. A couple of times, something unusual happened: the indistinct white blobs that I see when my eyes are closed suddenly became very bright and seemed to fill my vision. That's never happened before, even when I was concentrating on them as my anchor. This morning, I was generally trying to ignore them, instead focusing on the sound of the air filter in the hallway. I don't know if this was some kind of HI, but the two or three times it happened, it didn't last for more than a short time.

Eventually, I became aware that my muscles were gradually tensing, which is a common occurance for my WILD attempts. Despite trying to relax my arms and legs, imaging waves of relaxation going over them, etc, I became too restless after 45 minutes and had to get up and try to shake out the tension. The second 45 minute segment didn't have anything interesting; I had to roll over a few times, and I generally didn't get anywhere.

I'm currently rereading ETWLD. I know there's a part in there where he talks about categorizing dreamsigns, and I intend to start using his method. I'm sure I have many dreamsigns that I'm just not considering, and I hope this helps me identify more.