Day 170 of San Diego

Do you know what it feels like to watch one of your masterpieces get ruined right before your eyes?

I do.

Probably more than once, but my memory has plummeted down the crapper remember.

On Minecraft today, I was building a fireplace inside my home. Mind you, my home is made out of wood for the exterior. For the interior, I had a diverse range of material - from clay to wool. Now, I thought I built the fireplace correctly (I watched a tutorial, you see). Yet... of course I got it wrong...

Before I knew it, a quarter of my house went up in flames. I had no idea until going outside to check whether my house did in fact catch fire. Well, it did. Fast. I had to find material to climb up my house and knock out the flames. Yet it took time for me to open the gate, open the door, open the chest, grab material, run out of the house and through the gate, run to the wall on fire, and build myself upward to extinguish the flames (as they spread to and fro my home). It... was... HELL. The flame was random. It would pop HERE, it would pop THERE, it would POP INSIDE BEFORE IT TOUCHED THE EXTERIOR... I had to run inside, run outside, run everywhere with distressed fingers that shook madly... And finally... after wailing and shaking and extinguishing... the flames came to an end...

I went outside and looked up at the wall that was damaged. Three flights of it was damaged and needed dire repair. I almost gave up... I almost logged out of Minecraft to never log back in again... I was horrified by my stupidity. I was more ashamed with myself for acting like a child over a silly mistake on a VIDEO GAME. My mom heard me, Mason heard me (I called him to explain to him what I had done. He watched me repair my house through join.me), and I'm pretty sure the neighbors heard me because the windows and doors were wide open...

I was also ashamed that Mason saw my house damaged rather than complete. I wanted it to be a surprise. I wanted to impress him. Although he said he was impressed (ignoring the damage), I didn't believe him. I didn't want to introduce my house in a mess while upset. So, I asked him (after I fixed everything) if he wouldn't mind seeing my house again when it's furnished. He said he wouldn't mind.

I've been furnishing my house since 11. I finished homework around 10:30 and hopped on Minecraft in a jiff.

Before I go, I want to show you what my house looks like from the outside. You'll notice a barn on the right hand side. That's where I keep my horses. But right behind it is where the fire started.

Luckily, I caught it in time...

I adore my house. My masterpiece.