Day 522:<\/p>\n
Yesterday I got lost. It happens occasionally. I get so caught up in what I was digging that I stopped paying attention to where I was… and then I couldn’t figure out how to get out.<\/p>\n
The nice part about mining is that if you dig up for long enough, you’ll eventually find out.<\/p>\n
In my case, I first found a very large crevasse (I’m sure you’re shocked) and then I turned left and dug until I found grass.<\/p>\n
It put me at the foot of one of the mountains I plan to climb.<\/p>\n
It was also damned cold.<\/p>\n
And there was a sheep, but it wasn’t willing to follow me.<\/p>\n
I made it home okay — it was only about an hour’s walk from where I live. So the mountain’s a reasonable distance away and the carts help me get back and forth faster, which is really nice.<\/p>\n
And also, well, my chest plate totally disintegrated when I took it off. Not even shards of the diamond I’d used were left.<\/p>\n
But on the other hand, I have over 100 diamonds now, which was my goal for working my way back across to the place that has the sheep.<\/p>\n
So it’s time for me to switch strategies again no matter how good the mining was in the other direction and try to get some wool out of these hills.<\/p>\n
But first, I think I’ll take a few days to feed the cows and the pigs and bring in my food supplies and make sure everything here is running well.<\/p>\n
Because once I head the other way, I’m not sure how long it will take me to get back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Day 522: Yesterday I got lost. It happens occasionally. I get so caught up in what I was digging that I stopped paying attention to where I was… and then I couldn’t figure out how to get out. The nice part about mining is that if you dig up for long enough, you’ll eventually find … <\/p>\n