Hey JoshMcNaught!

It sounds to me like you could have had a dream that changed scenes. How did you become aware of the fact that you were dreaming in the FA? Did you perform a RC?

As far as the "blurry" sensation you got, that is fairly common in partially lucid dreams. I find that verbal commands work best (at least for me) when I notice the dream is fuzzy, or not as vivid as I would like. I've never personally had much luck with the hand rubbing technique.