Dang it, now that you say that I didn't do a reality check.... Oh my god, I am raging so hard over here now xD But, as Yoshi said, I did learn from all this. Just the thought that I could have had my first successful DEILD and wasted it by rolling over and going back to sleep is making me kick myself. But alas, success rarely comes without first facing failure.

On the subject of reality checks, I do have another question. What can I do to make myself do reality checks more often? When I first started doing RCs I tried to associate the ring my girlfriend gave me with the idea of my reality checks, so that whenever I saw or thought about the ring I would do a reality check. This worked quite well for the first couple days, but it's effectiveness had diminished. Any recommendations or success stories worth sharing?