Did I Really Lucid Dream Or Was It All A Dream?

So i found this site about two days ago and i start thinking how cool it would be to lucid dream. I've always said the reason i don't like sleeping is because i can't enjoy it, now i will be able to. The thoughts of what i would do given the power to do anything crossed my mind. (here comes the riddle) I had a dream where i was in my kitchen, i had been doing reality checks the rest of the day after i read the article about Lucid Dreams, so i did one in my "kitchen" i figured out my real kitchen didn't have an island or so many of my dead relatives in it. i was dreaming. cool im having a lucid dream i looked around this room that was and was not my kitchen and wished out loud that abbey (my friend who i wish was more but am incapable of telling her) was there so i could practice a conversation in which i told her that i loved her and then she was there and i told her and after her reaction which was what i expected (puzzled acceptance) i forgot i was dreaming when i woke up i realized how lucky i was that i was really lucky to have a lucid dream with so little practice and then i thought ' i spent a long time thinking about what i would do when i had a lucid dream couldn't having a lucid dream all have been a regular dream in which my subconcious told my concious mind it was dreaming for some odd reason?' in either case i think it still counts but does it mean i'm potentially a natural lucid dreamer (which would be odd because thats the first one i can remember having) or does it mean i got lucky and still have a lot of work? or did i just write a post that is way too big?

well congrats that right there was a lucid dream :content: any dream that u know u are dreaming is a lucid dream. but that doesnt mean u are a natural LDer. My first Lucid dream was where i just suddenly figured out i was lucid and i could fly and change the colors of things and do whatever i wanted! i was even able to accomplish a reentry. But with me it was like those little samples they give out at the mall to show u what the real product would taste like, after that ld i couldnt even remember anymore dreams for a couple of days, but i kept writing in my dream jornal, and didnt get discouraged and i eventuly got many dreams remembered a night :) then i had my second ld about 2 weeks after my first ld, but it was not as detailed or realistic as my first one. My point is not to discourage u but u might not get lucid dreams as easy as your first alot of people take months to get 2nd lds. just dont get discouraged, keep a dream jornal, do reality checks and just practice. if it doesnt come right away then dont get discouraged it will come eventully, and if it does then be happy reward yourself and dont forget to write down every little detail lol. man that was a long post lol

thanks a lot for the advice dude i'll be sure to start a dream journal as soon as i can find a blank notebook (i dont think my comp would serve as well as pad and pencil)

yeah do that. just make sure to write EVERYTHING u can. And if u cant remember anything write down how u felt just make sure u write somthing thats the only way it will help. good luck! ;)