Total first world problem.

tl/dr: escaped from deep within the bowels of a mine only to be killed at my doorstep :(

Exploring a cave, come across an abandoned mine.....Find treasures galore, but get lost in the mine....last ditch effort build a shit ton of pick axes and claw my way out! FUCK YES! Running home, lost, cant find my sweet sweet pad, it gets dark, no mobs.....then I see the beacon....start head for it....FUCKING SWARMED....die.i hate creepers. Respawn at my sweet sweet pad, run out with my back up armor and weapons, fend off the mobs, gather what i can find and run back inside. Lost the only thing i wanted from the fucking mine, the red powder :( ALL I WANT IS A FUCKING MAP. (i should have started mentioning spaghetti or something....)