Dream journal experience

[mathyou9]

So this morning marks only the third day that I've been keeping a dream journal. Although I haven't achieved recognizing/acknowledging any dream signs or performing any RCs in my dreams [yet], last night marks the first time that I dreamed about writing in my dream journal. When I woke up, I was happy that I dreamed about my dream journal. In my dream early on (not sure if it was a middle-of-the-night false awakening or if I was still in my dream proper) I remember writing a brief sentence in my DJ. In my (dreaming) mind at the time, thinking it was my DJ in real life, I recall that I wrote the sentence down in my DJ, fully expecting it to be something that I would forget when up woke up later. And so I was proud of myself to have written it down at that moment. I remember thinking about the amazement I'd have when I would wake up later reading my soon-to-be-forgotten line in my DJ; in my dreaming mind, what I wrote would be interpreted as "profound." Ironically though, I couldn't tell you what I wrote down in my dream; I just remember writing something. Then later in my dream (and quite more vividly) my DJ entered once again. This time I was writing stuff (couldn't tell you what I wrote, I just don't remember) and I showed my 3-days'-worth of dream journal entries to my ex-wife (should have been a good opportunity for a RC right there since we've been divorced for quite some time, but I digress ...) and I remember how proud I felt knowing that I was doing such a good job at writing in my dream journal. The only thing I remember about this dreamed-up DJ entry is that I felt the need to take up more space, like that was some sort of DJ requirement (as my entry at the present moment was only a short paragraph long.) Being like a high school kid trying to fudge a written report, I wrote out a single word, in large print, occupying at least five or six lines on my college-ruled paper. Then suddenly, my short paragraph was now occupying almost the entire page (still quite impossible with merely a single large word; a perfect example of text changing from one minute to the next. Obviously another opportunity for a RC, but again, I digress ...) The only things I recall about this dreamed-up DJ entry were a couple of instances of "DD" adjacent to my overly-large written word. In my (dreaming) mind, the couple instances of "DD" were "obviously references to [bra] cup sizes." LOL! Why? I don't know; just thought it was kind of funny. It's the only vivid thing I can recall about my dreamed-up dream journal entry. Anyway, I feel that I've made a good step toward lucid dreaming. I may not be performing reality checks or recognizing dream signs in my dreams [yet], but the fact that I was actively using my DJ in my dream shows me that my mind is going in the right direction.