Congrats Joe!

amazing how you found out about lucid dreaming on your own. hope to hear more from you, and post more of your experiences up

this site really helped me along, i would be nowhere near as good as i am now without it.

what you did with the 'pattern' is known as a WILD (wake induced lucid dream). where you slip into a dream while never losing consciousness. there are some that have tried this for years and never accomplished this. i bet soon you'll be able to fly without having to flap. anyway, good luck, and good dreams!