Hi NocturnalDreamer,
Awesome that you got a lucid dream on your first try. It sounds like you have a bit of a screwey sleep schedule. That can be a good and bad thing when it comes to dreaming.

Have you had a chance to check out the forum for Alternative Sleep Patterns?
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...splay.php?f=50

Reading around in there should either confuse the hell out of you, or give you a good idea of how your brain schedules its REM periods.