"Why do you think you woke up? Did you get overly excited?"
Thats a good question, I know for sure I've never ever felt my real body before while dreaming... but maybe it could have been excitement? I thought that the fact that I realized I was dreaming was the reason I awoke but rethinking that, it's stupid because a lucid dream is realizing that you are and then controlling it beyond that haha.

I wouldn't say I had the ability to direct or control where I was going.. except when I felt that power in my veins all of a sudden I thought or knew I could fly, and I did. But at no point did I realize I was actually dreaming until I was about 40-60 feet above the ground and then I remember thinking "wow im dreaming, or, wow what a dream" something like that.

I've been reading posts about RC's and spinning to keep yourself in the dream but I don't understand how reality checks work and how they help, or how to spin or how spinning works, and I couldn't find anywhere to read about spinning. Just everyone kept mentioning they did it to keep themselves dreaming.

Im a clueless padawan just awaiting direction while doing a bit of research on the side.