Thanks NyxCC, I'm hoping tonight I can get back to an earlier bedtime and I'm feeling well. I so desperately want to LD and I have so many things I want to do and I am so excited, I can hardly wait!! I'm open to any advice. This week has been lost with not enough sleep, etc. but tonight, I'll meditate for 20 minutes, then say my mantra as I look at my hands, "I see my hands and I'm aware I'm dreaming" (present tense). I've been doing several reality checks through the day, really looking at the entire environment, my hands, words, time, what I've done the past 15 minutes and what I'll do the next 15 minutes. The past several nights, I've not recorded any dreams because I haven't remembered any... I did see last night on DV about the buddy system so I will definitely sign up for that as I have NO ONE to talk to and it happens to be the ONLY thing I want to talk about! I didn't realize it was so esoteric but it is in my world unfortunately. Any thoughts? Thanks again. I appreciate your time.