It's not dehydrated and looks very healthy at the moment. Be careful with water as this soil mixture seems very rich in organic material and will retain a lot of water. If the soil constantly holds water the root, and eventually the plant, will rot.

My best guess on ID is Aloe "Black Gem" but I'm not positive. That's just what it looks like to me.

Edit: Also wanted to add that if it does in fact become dehydrated the leaves will become less firm than they would be if it's not dehydrated. It's less likely to die of under watering than over watering so don't be afraid to let it go a few days or even a week without water.

Agree with Nicholas; plant looks like A. Black Gem. He is right on with watering too.

To me, plant seems to be 'buried' little too deep - soil shouldn't be piled high on leaves. You may want to consider adding some perlite to it and pull little of the soil away from the plant.

Here is similar plant (but variegated):

Thank you Rina & Nicholas. I will watch with the watering. I am going to move the dirt away from the leaves. I hope mine end up looking great like yours Rina.

Thanks again!

-Kelly :)

Kelly

It is good looking plant; may not be variegated, but still very nice. I would like to get all green one too.

My plant got under watered last year and got really wrinkly and 'skinny' looking - but when I noticed and started to water regularly, it bounced back. I keep it in gritty mix, made of perlite+grit+turface. This is how plant looked when bought in Jan. 2013 (photo I posted in previous post is 1.5 yr. later):

It just grew 3 new babies very recently: