My first lucid dream :)

[Zelkova]

To my knowledge this is my first lucid dream. I very rarely recall any of my dreams. Because it was the weekend I often wake up around 7 just to fall back to sleep again until I wake up on the next hour. I believe this may have helped me. Even if my ability to recall a dream is very weak I still do reality checks at random times like while I am at school waiting. I often check my hand. Normally my dreams always never shown my body, it kinda act like a first person shooter type of game without the shooting. I almost never look (or at least notice) my hands in my dreams because of that. I been doing the checks for like two months now but I never really done everything I should been doing like writing my dreams down because I am a busy guy. Anyway as for the dream itself. I was in a white room with a carpet and it was freezing cold (well, I have the sense that it should have been cold) I think my dream had a story behind of it but I look at my hands and notice that the skin have huge cracks in them. I thought to myself "is this a dream/am I dreaming?" and I became somewhat lucid to the point where I can do stuff at will. (Kinda feel odd, kinda like I suggesting my body to do the stuff and not doing them myself.) Kinda odd that I did not wake up but I normally a easy going person and I been waiting two months for this and have been reading that people wake up after the first lucid dream because they become too exited about it. First thing I try to do is fly of course, I been having this as a goal for a long time. I try doing that jumping thing where you try to go higher each time but oddly I only jump to my normal limit. Kinda odd but on my 3rd or 4th jump it seem like I was wearing weights but I became normal again after the next three jumps. I don't clearly remember this part but I believe I did open a door...Just seem like I got outside somehow. The place was frozen and different. There was about 30 people just standing at random spots and I think a few of them was talking. I could have not care less about them at this point as I try jumping a few times. I thought being inside a building could have scare me from flying but even outside I fail to do so. I look over to a cliff (It was only like two-three story high?) and notice a lake somewhat frozen over. I was pretty sure that I was dreaming and I wanted to remember this. I heard from somewhere (on this site maybe?) That you can force yourself awake and have a better chance of recalling the dream. I wanted to prove to myself that I was dreaming and kinda have fun doing it at the same time. I stand backwards from the cliff and just jump into the lake landing on my back. I woke up as soon I hit the water. That was fun but I hoping next time I will be able to do something. I know there is a Lucid Experiences Board but seeing how this was my first time I was hoping to get some tips or have someone tell me what I should have done or what I have done wrong. I kinda have a feeling that I killed myself too early because the dream itself only seem like five mins.