I absolutely can't believe it! I've only been trying for under 2 weeks now, but I think I just had my first LD (that is, first in the last 12ish years/first knowing what it was)!!!

Oddly enough, I wasn't even trying to have one when I went to sleep last night. I was however trying to make myself wake up right after my dreams and remember them, (still working on recall). I guess I succeeded at that, since I woke up almost exactly 1 minute before my alarm went off! (That was -really- creepy to me).

The basic deatils:

I don't remember how the dream started, but I remember at some point, for some reason, doing a reality check in my dream. After successfully putting my finger through my palm, I realized I was dreaming. (this also seems odd to me, since that's not one I use most often.)

Oddly, I wasn't really excited or anything, I just went to have fun with it in this building I was in. I've always wanted to fly when I finally had an LD, so I tried. I managed to lift myself off the floor a fair bit with next to no effort by pushing down on a table, but couldn't stay up. I then went upstairs to try jumping down to the floor below, to see if that would do it. Somehow on the way, I ended up at some house with my brothers. I told them it was a dream, and for some reason went through explaining to them how to do a RC... After that point, I think i kind of just forgot it was a dream, and it continued 'normally'.

The odd thing about this, is that I didn't seem all that 'conscious' or 'in control'. I have to say, it REALLY seems to me like I was dreaming that I knew I was dreaming. As in, my mind was simply acting out in a dream what I would do in an LD, without it actually being one... I don't know what qualifies as lucid, but I don't know... It just didn't seem like I was in control. That's probably normal for a first time, but I'm not sure.

Anyways, I did enjoy the experience, and whether it was actually real or not, I'm still enthusiastic!

Now I just have to learn to do it on purpose!