First planned LD experience

I went to sleep around 8 PM and set my phone to wake me up at 1:30 AM. I forgot to turn the alarm on but still woke up around 2 which was kind of cool. Then i watched Waking Life and read my dream journal for about an hour and went back to sleep. As i was drifting off the whole time i was telling myself outloud and in my head that i wanted to dream about being in my house because in my house i know where all the digital clocks are. So it seemed like a semi-WILD, but i dreamt i woke up in my bed and i cant remember if i was lucid at first. I remember looking at strange pictures on my wall that were never there, then i realized that there was a digital clock next to my bed and sure enough i looked at it and the numbers were crazy looking. I immediatly became lucid and just started looking around my room. I also tried looking at my hands, then looking at other things, then back to my hands. It did not last very long and shortly after looking at my hands for a bit i shifted into a very vivid non-LD dream where i was competing in some kind of pool olympics with crazy games i have never even concieved before... All in all the LD dream was one of the most realistic dream experiences i have ever had and the fact that i dreamt i woke up in bed made it even more exciting. Tonight i am going to try the same procedure and see if i cant prolong the LD dream. Im thinking that the dreaming of waking in bed is the prequel to many more lucid dreams to come. I feel like i finally turned on my brain :)

Way to go on the LD! :D Even though you didn't maintain it for an extended period, it's still a huge step in the right direction. And the rest of the dream was more vivid than usual, too. Keep us posted on your progress!