Lucidity at last!! Too bad it didn't last longer...

I finally had my first lucid dream after two weeks of trying! I posted it in my dream journal but no one ever reads it (and i shouldn't blame them, it even bores me) so I thought I'd post it here. hehe.

I am sitting in my bed with a deck of cards, shuffling them. I'm explaining to someone that it can't be a coincidence that everytime i shuffle the cards and draw one, it's the same card.
"I must be doing something right," i say aloud.
I look around and realize there is no one in my room so i shrug it off put the cards on the floor. I notice there is a little cardboard cut out of sponge bob square pants next to where i put the cards down but that doesn't seem out of the ordinary for some reason.
I then look down beside me on the bed and my dream journal is opened to a blank page. There is a strange, diamond shaped black and white face looking up at me from the page. This is when I start to question my reality. I think, "Hey, wait a minute. Faces aren't supposed to look that way." It didn't occur to me that it might be strange for a face to be looking out of my dream journal. I only knew that faces are not supposed to be diamond shaped.
I now look straight ahead of me and my digital alarm clock is sort of floating in the air in front of the bed. I knew at that instant that i was dreaming but i turned my head from the clock and back again just to be sure. The first time i looked at the clock the numbers said 2:07. When i turned my head, the numbers sort of went with me, like seeing a tracer when you're on acid. I moved my head really fast back toward the clock and this time the numbers were all a blurry mess. I think, "It's a dream! It's a dream!" and instantly wake up, my heart racing as if i had just ran a marathon. (This could have been a false awakening. I can't be sure.)
I didn't move a muscle or open my eyes. I realized what had just happened and I thought, "I'm going back, damnit!"
After a few minutes, i looked over and my dream journal is on the opposite side of the bed, opened. This time, the face looking out at me is the same as before only it's peach-colored. "I'm back!" i thought and instantly woke up again.

NOTE: When i woke up from this dream, my clock said 2:10 so i believe that at the time my dream clock said it was 2:07, it really was 2:07. Strange.
Also, my dream control sucks! I couldn't stay lucid for more than a few seconds. I hope i have more chances to work on my control. I was so excited and a little bit scared when i finally realized i was dreaming and i just couldn't hold it together.

But all in all, I am super-excited! I just hope they begin to come more frequently.

Hey, congrats on your LD!

My first LD started off with my dream journal aswell. I had been writing in it, and when I wanted to re-read what I had written all the page contained was the line "I AM DREAMING" Which made me realize it was a dream and instantly I wake up. So yeah, I know the feeling with not being able to restrain your excitement there :D

I love the way you were able to go back into the dream! Man, i've wished so many times to be able to do that.

Anyway, i'm sure you'll be more ready and familiar with the feeling of becoming aware in your dream next time!

Yay! Your dreams will get longer, trust me. :)

Thanks, guys. Now if I could just have another LD i think i could maintain it for at least twice as long as this one, making it what? about 4 seconds long. hehe.
I know i'll get better but i'm impatient! :)

Willowsidhe, congratulations on your first lucid dream!

You might try touching things (I mean really "feeling" them) to stabilize your dream. Get into how things feel.. are they hot, cold, smooth, rough, etc.. this also helps me remain in a dream longer.

Congrats!!:D

Your dreams will get longer for sure. Though, I don't think anyone has mentioned this but what usually helps for me is to spin around once i feel as if I'm leaving the dream.

To me long dreams are all about experiences. I've looked at a lot of people's lucid dream journals and my own and they all have lucid dreams that only last a few seconds when they start out. For me it took about six months and 20 lucid dreams before they stabilized.

Lucid dreaming is something that you've never experienced before and your brain panics because it doesn't know what to do, so it wake you up, sort of like a computer crashing. Once those neuro-paths are worked out your brain won't panic, I don't think there is any cure for this other than time.