Day 4: Priorities are not my strong point...

     It appears I gave a real problem with getting distracted... My intial plan was to survey the surrounding area around my house. From here I would be able to assess where valuable resources might be, and where I am most likely to be attacked from. On the upside, at least I finished the first floor of my house, and it actually has a roof! It seems that distractions are not always a bad thing...

     Afterwards, I decided to adventure down to the weird cliff structure I came across yesterday. I left trails so that I could find my way back, and continued round to the opening. It was huge! From a single vantage point I could see multiple veins of coal, but I also saw dark shadows moving from within the blackened cave. There were tons of animals around me at the time, and I could've just been seeing a few animals within the cave, but I'd rather take some torches next time. That's another thing: I seem to have ran out of torches! Either that or all of the coal I was going to use went into the furnace.

     I went to check on cactus plantation too: they'd grown very quickly and were already showing promise. I just wish my saplings were the same... they're taking ages to even show a single sign of growth... Just as I was removing some of the clippings it started to rain! Totally unexpected: there were no clouds and it hadn't been foggy in the morning either! I ran back to the house and got in, looking like a drowned rat! I'm glad I'd made another set of clothes with the animals hides I collected yesterday... I warmed myself by the fire and then cursed for making a flat roof! The rain would make a huge mess up there.. I needed a guttering. To make use of the fire whilst it was on, I was able to make some glass panes for the upper windows and I fashioned a door from planks of wood left over from the build. Now my upper floor was totally sealed!

     After awhile of sitting there I decided that now would be a good time to extend the shaft under the house, in the cellar. I had nothing better to do until the rain stopped, and I might find some useful ore beneath my house!

     I haven't started much in terms of mining because I got distracted making chests for a treasure room... Ever the optimist, that's me! Gah! Now there's that cow back again. Sorry, it's just that one particular cow seems to have taken a shine to me and won't go away. I've shooed it off and blocked the path, but it seems to have found another way across. All I can hear is scuffling... Better go and get rid of it now then...

Syeonyx signing off