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Aug 25 2018 Went to bed pretty late. Woke up at 5:30 or 6:30 and remembered that I had 3 long NLs, but could not remember them. First dream I remember of the night was lucid. I do not know what I was doing and do not remember much about it. I was in a library, possibly on a college campus. I spontaneously became lucid and looked at my hands, and I remember saying "I am dreaming!" excitedly. I then walked around and tried to push my fingers through my palm, but it did not work. The dream started to fade and I remembered the advice to meditate in your dream. Instead of really meditating though, I sort of just focused on my senses for a moment (just vision and touch) and the clarity came back. I tried the finger through palm RC again and it worked! I remember walking around a little more but that is it. I think the dream continued but I lost lucidity. Vaguely remember bragging to DCs while not lucid that I could lucid dream (how did I not catch this ). NLS: Had another dream about two cacti in a pool house or greenhouse, and at some point they fused together into one (possibly connected with my lucid one). Had another dream about college campus murders with some pretty gruesome mangled corpses. I think I was the murderer but was also investigating. Had another dream in my childhood living room where my cousin dropped himself down through the beams (we did not think he could). Had another dream where I bought $50 dollar tickets for my fiance in some kind of stadium, but I could not find her and wanted to ask to use the loudspeaker. Throughout the night, each time I woke up I tried to WILD using hypnagogic imagery. Did not work but came close and had some cool HI. MILDed each time then using the mantra "I will be lucid in my next dream", and also tried to remind myself to RC each time I woke up, but I forgot to each time.