I was trying to, more or less, map out the areas of my mine which branch out into cave systems, even ravines. In the process, I found many many many endless caves which stretch on as far as the eye can see. I'm not sure if they're all connected, but there's like 2-3 zones where there's a ton of caves, and most of them are in incredibly close proximity to one another, and in at least two cases two cave systems that I discovered separately ended up being connected.
I really really really really need to explore these more. They might go on for infinite amounts of time, where it's impossible to map out the whole thing because just as you think that the cave system is mapped out, you find a small alcove which connects to another fullblown catacomb.
But if the caves have a finite span--and at least one cave I've discovered was fully mapped out!--then I want to get them fully mapped out.
I am also mostly trying to hunt for diamonds. In part because I needed to restock equipment from when a bloody skeleton archer knocked me into a lava pit when I had alllll my diamond gear equipped (diamond shovel, diamond pickaxes times four, diamond sword, diamond ax), but also because I'm trying to get enough diamonds to get diamond gear in storage AND to wear. (I do have a full 64 stack of diamonds, but I want to use diamonds beyond those.)
I did complete my netherportal, by the way--and had an unpleasant surprise when I went through and discovered it was a one-way ticket. The netherportal took me into the netherrealm just fine, but the portal I entered from, exited me...right in the castle/house of one of the other people on the server (mentioned this the last time I blogged I believe, that every path led to their house--apparently, that includes a netherportal which was meant to be a shortcut to MY house).
I also at one point caught a cow! Getting a cow into my farm area was something I wanted to do, though I'd obviously prefer more than one so that I can breed them. I already have sheep bred, pigs bred, and chickens bred, so having cows seems like the next logical step. (I'd love to tame dogs/cats but I actually haven't encountered dogs, and in spite of being near a village, haven't encountered cats much, either. OH WELL.)
Soyeah.
Great big day of nothing.