LukeSid

A fairly sparse night, but I'm not complaining because it produced LD#4 (albeit a very short dream)

Woke 4.40 AM. (no earlier dreams) Had a coffee, did some work on my DJ and various other things then did WBTB at 5.55 AM. I woke up some time later feeling ill. As I've said before there isn't any dizzyness, nausea, temperature, pounding heartbeat or anything Like that...I just feel "ill" and it soon goes away. But it stops me from trying to remember the dream that I've presumably woken from. I went back to sleep.

7.20 AM
I don't remember much of the dream...only the latter half where I was apparently walking home from work (DS) through a very rubble-strewn tunnel and I was carrying a briefcase. What I apparently took to be a "technician" (DS) made some derogatory comments to me (about my age I think)

I responded angrily (DS) then went to carry on walking but I couldn't find my briefcase. (DS - lost items is a very strong DS for me...that's what triggered DS#1) I remember making the connection "Lost? That's a dream sign"...and, for the first time, I actually did a Reality Check and pinched my nose. I did it several times. At first I wasn't sure then it became obvious. I decided to then try the thumb through the palm RC (I've been waiting to do that) but as I started to....I woke up

I tried to DIELD but nothing happened and it felt like I'd run out of REM (I can sense when REM cycles are upon me) I tried to go back to sleep but now I'm analysing the dream and trying to remember more so I got up and made another coffee and did a short WBTB. Although coffee doesn't seem to hinder me (and may even enhance my dreams) I'd had a large coffee and I was a bit wired. But I eventually went back to sleep.

8.20 In a (lift?) in a workplace (DS) with some work colleagues (DS) This (lift) was the size of a warehouse and a large tractor unit drove through the (ridiculously-small for a truck that size) door (DS=bizarre) he had to make several adjustments before he finally got the vehicle completely inside

Conclusions. I definitely need more work on dream recall because I seem to miss too many "front" parts of dreams I've stopped taking beetroot extract tablets so I hope that I don't get diminishing recall or I'll have to buy some more. We'll see. Re the "illness" and my apparent sensitivity to the onset or end of REM...I'm going to ask questions on the main forum...and definitely think hard about DEILD

I take heart from the fact that my 4 LD's have all been within the last 39 days...even at that rate that's about 36 Ld's a year...and it's gonna get a whole lot better!"