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8-28-08 Lucid dream: I got off of a bus. The sidewalk was soft like a big matress. I remember doing summersaults and flips as I moved along toward my destination. I was looking for a shop where I could use the restroom, but I could not find one. Next to the sidewalk was a canal where there were kayaks. I decided I wanted to go kayaking. I saw a kayak with a paddle. I reached for the paddle. but ended up dropping it in the water. I decided that I would just fly. As soon as I was in the air I realized I was dreaming. I thanked myself for being so aware. I hoped that this meant that flying would now always trigger lucidity. As I flew I thought about what task I wanted to accomplish. The only thing that popped into my head was one of the tasks that I thought was on <PERSON> which was talk to an animal...or something like that. I ended up in a building. I was in the corner of a room. I looked around and could not see any animals. But I knew if I just kept looking with the expectation that I would find some, then they would appear. I turned around and saw that the room was now filled with cats. I went to a group of them that were eating. I asked them to talk to me. But they kept eating. I saw an especially cute orange tabby. It was making a mess with its food. I told it, "You need to talk to me. Say.um.'I am sorry for making a mess.' ". It looked up at me with big green eyes and said, "Sorry." I wanted it to talk some more, but I felt myself slip out of the dream. As I felt myself slip, I told myself that I was probably going to just have a FA, so I would just need to remember that and become lucid again.But when I woke up I felt myself in bed, so I figured that I was really awake. In retrospect, I believe it actually was an FA. So I need to really pay attention so I can stretch my LDs out.