I'm pretty new to the lucid dreaming thing. I've been experimenting only 3 nights now, but have a question and I'm looking for advice. I've remembered dreams for all 3 nights now and am getting good at writing them down right away. I read about LD all day so it's always on my mind, I do some reality checks throughout the day, read about it some more before bed so it's fresh in my mind again, hit the binaural beats, and doze off

Here's the part that gets me. I don't remember dreaming until I've already woken up, then I start recalling what happened in the dream. It seemed like last night I had a dream that was set up perfect with multiple triggers for realizing that I was dreaming, things that are TOTALLY not normal. There was no "Wait a minute!" moment.

You would think seeing a Chrystler 300 parked half way in the water on stairs that led from an ocean to a castle's front door, and then chasing a dog I've never had under water would set something off. In my "dream mind" all of that seems logical and legit, nothing out of the ordanary, until I wake up and realize that it was crazyness.

It's like my mind is sabotaging my plans of having a lucid dream by telling itself that everything is normal so that I don't realize that I'm dreaming.

Any ideas?