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10-9-06 Lucid Dream!! It is about time! I had thought I had missed out on having a good dream last night. I had awakened at 3:30. The only dream I had had to that point that I remembered was one about a guy I knew in high school (G R). And I was seeing him while visiting. (I think I am anticipating this coming weekend in CA.) So I laid in bed for the next few hours trying to get back to sleep so I would have not only a good night's sleep but something far more interesting to put down in my dream journal. Well, I got my wish. My alarm had actually gone off. I had pushed snooze... I was talking to <PERSON> about a car accident--supposedly about one he/I/we (?) had. At this moment he was in the car, and I was standing on the sidewalk about two blocks from home. It was night or very early morning...fairly dark. I was about to ask him to give me a ride home, but he took off. I decided to run home. I was running very fast. But as I look back on it I did not have very good control. There was this building I was going to have to pass. I wanted to veer away from it a little so did not come blindly around one of its corners (you know, in case someone was standing there waiting to mug me). But I ended up almost running into that corner. Luckily no one was waiting there to mug me. I got to where I thought my street should be, but I realized I had gone a block too far. I turned around to go back. I still could not find my street. Suddenly I had that feeling I had in a dream a couple of months ago where I was also trying to find my house/apartment, but could not find it. I questioned this feeling. Could I possibly be dreaming?? I was still on the move. But I was riding my bike now. I was heading to a place in the road where there was a very steep hill that came back up to another hill. I decided that this would be a good place to give dream control a try. I decided that when the hill dipped down I would remain going (flying) straight across. I remember thinking that I was pretty sure I was in a dream, but that things seemed so real. This was going to be quite the test. The road started to slope down. I concentrated on not going down. Yes.I was doing it!. I was definitely in a dream. I flew across toward the other hill. I remember music playing. It might have been Africa by <PERSON>. LOL. I remember thinking that there was something significant about that choice in music...something that <PERSON> would have appreciated [in retrospect, I have no idea what I was thinking]. I do remember thinking that I rather enjoyed music in my LDs, and that I would make an effort to always create it. Suddenly I was in a store. I do not know how that transition came about. I walked passed an aisle and caught a glimpse of <PERSON>. I almost walked past because I seemed to be in a hurry to get someplace, then thought that would be terriblely rude not to stop and say "Hi". So I went back. He had seen me. We said "Hi" and hugged. Suddenly I realized that he was very very tall. I looked up at him again and realized that he was not <PERSON> anymore, but <PERSON>. I thought, "Hey, this is cool. Who else can I make this person be?" I gave him another hug and concentrated on him turning into someone else. I think it was working, but my alarm went off. All this had happened in the ten minutes between alarms. Alright! I am so glad this happened. I was starting to wonder what my problem was.why I could not LD anymore. But I have really been trying hard to think about it lately and I guess it paid off!!