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Type: Lucid, quick, Nose-plug RC Vividness: 7/10 Lucidity: 5/10 I was driving passenger in my friend <PERSON>'s black truck who I live with, down an old country neighborhood road with four or five houses on either side, very open, autumn or late summer, hazel tall grass and a nice breeze. Passes a huge, barn red, 3 or 4 story house with a walk out basement on the left, and I feel that I had passed that house and remember doing some sort of work in it with <PERSON> [dream frag from earlier]. We get to the bottom of the hill and arrive at a while barn-ish house, and <PERSON> tells me that a man across the lake bought a big portion of property and is brewing his own spirits this year, "I hope it will be good", and he keeps kind of mumbling on about it while I get a strange intuitive feeling that I have been here before. I peer out the window and there is an old house with just the foundations remaining and some wooden boards, only one part of a wall still standing, I think it is strange that there is another house on this property, so I ask myself "what would this be like if I were dreaming?" and start to become more aware and focus on the details of the situation I am in. We pull around and we are infront of a small building, and D is asking his wife who is a doctor [not in RL] for some sort of herb to help me since he thinks I am going crazy [probably an effect of my increased awareness, mind tricking/distracting me]. Then suddenly I am in an old one room building with big cobblestone walls and a dirt floor , huge oak 6x6 rafters vaulting above, D sitting with our neighbor at a series of long dark wooden tables discussing how I think that I am dreaming and they need to do something to help me. At this point I do my nose plug RC and I can breathe in, although my nose is stuffed up and it is kind of hard to tell, but I declare the test successful. I feel nervous about flying [first instinct] so I swing myself up onto the beams and start climbing around like a squirrel on all fours, jumping and hanging off of the beams just having some plain and simple fun, laughing at <PERSON> and telling him that I am dreaming. The lucid stops pretty soon after when my alarm goes off for work. So yeah, a quick and fun lucid, it felt light and refreshing. I am still amazed of the feeling of the absolute clarity of my lucid dreams and body. I find it so hard to tell the difference, but this has also inspired me to check my surroundings and RC with more.. well, conviction, since I have the feeling in my bones of what it is like to be in a lucid after having a few this month. It is just like waking life! CRRAAZZZYY. I need to find another type of reliable RC, I do not like the hands one too much, and while I do the text-turn away-read again RC every day, I do not usually find myself in an area with a clock or text while I am dreaming. Will investigate/try to create one next time I LD, like see how easy it is for me to do certain things like produce powers or telekenisis. I will also remember my intention to not fly or do anything crazy, and focus my attention on the dream scene and establishing a technique for improving my clarity and awareness. Also, if you have not read it juroara wrote a great thread on <PERSON>, can help those struggling with MILD and will-power/belief. <URL> Awesome stuff. I am happy and excited that I had two LD's in a week!