Well I had been trying for almost 3 weeks now and I finally had a lucid dream. Here was the setup:
I got up about an hour before I actually get up, and realized i didn't have to be up yet, so I laid back down. I eventually drifted off to sleep... to awake to my roommate walking in shouting in an obnoxious fake Italian accent. This may sound like it should have been a lucidity trigger, but if you knew my roommate, it is actually pretty standard behavior. It goes on for about 5 minutes before I finally shout for him to shut his mouth because I am trying to sleep. We get in to a short argument, and I eventually get out of bed. I realize that I can't really see all that much, which is semi-normal because I have awful vision, so I just assumed my eyes hadn't 'woken up' yet. I decided to do a reality check anyways, and looked at my hands. I actually couldn't see if I had all of my fingers or if my finger went through my palm, so I went to the nose plug RC. Lo and behold, I was able to breath in. Not really believing it, I did it again. And again. And every time I was able to breath in. Once I accepted that I was dreaming, I began moving towards my window in an attempt to fly out, but woke up before I had the chance. Unfortunately, I forgot all the stabilization techniques I read so much about and my vision stayed pretty blurry. When I woke up, I performed another RC just to be sure.
I was worried that I wouldn't have another lucid dream for a while, but I was pumped that I had my first one because I read about how it is always easier after that. Well this morning I woke up for a WBTB and fell asleep. I found myself in one of my classes and had to take a test that involved me skinning a pear with my teeth. This caused my hands to be rather sticky, so I went to the bathroom to wash them. As I was walking out, I decided to perform an RC, and went straight to the nose plug one. Again, I breathed in. Unfortunately this time, I decided that my hands were too wet to actually fully plug my nose, so I didn't believe it. I went stomping up a set of stairs, and I think I was still fairly suspicious that I was dreaming, but woke up soon after.
I figured it was important to mention the updates and see if anybody else had any advice or comments.