Another dud.

I had a lucid last night which was another crappy one :roll:
Wierdly the same person i havent seen into 5 years appeared in 2 dreams in one night, long story short voila, i was lucid.
I calmed myself down this time which is good. I looked around, took in my surroundings, ran my hand along the ground and felt the gravel.
Feeling stable enough, i started to walk around and BANG. Someone dropped their breakfast bowl into the sink and i woke up.

Just a few questions please :D
1. If you get woken up by an exterior sound and dont move, would it be possible to DEILD and slip back into the dream?

2. Could my dreams be ending becuase i am realizing the dream near the end of the REM period(does this improve over time)?

In this case, I think you woke up from the noise, not because your REM period ended. But I wouldn't call this a crappy lucid dream just because it was short! You calmed yourself and stabilized the situation, which is a sign of high lucidity. Judging by this, you've been doing a great job learning lucid dreaming, you just had the dream at the wrong time at your house!

You could slip back into a dream if you DEILD. Don't stress, and passively visualize the dream continuing. Try to recreate a feeling of sleep, even if you are pretending.