Lately I have started dreaming while I'm still awake, just before going to sleep for the night. It feels like I'm right on the border of sleep. Isn't this an ideal place to be for OBEs?

Often while I'm in this state, I'll feel some vibrations. Not constantly, but patches of them.

I try so hard to stay alert in my mind but end up just falling asleep.

Side note: I have started writing down my dreams. Will this aid me in dream recall in general and lucid dreaming?