Minecraft Diaries Day 2

Waking up this morning  and climbing out of the hole, I was mauled by a large spider, I quickly dug a tunnel out through the side of the hole and attempted to beat the spider off the edge of the cliff with the planks I was carrying, alas, fate was not on my side and a whole brood of spiders awaited my, I turned and ran into a tall mottled green creature, initially it stood there staring at me with empty eyes, but before long is made a hissing noise and exploded, while I was making my way up the hill to check on the beacon and see what I could recover, I spotted another of these creatures, I picked an arrow off the ground and attempted to defeat it, this only lead to it exploding in my face, crippling me. Thankfully a pig was caught in the blast so I was able to eat some of its meat to help me recover. Once I got to the beacon I noticed that many of the spiders had been killed by the initial blast, and a lot of dirt had been revealed that I may use for building, I was collecting these resources, when i was set upon by a spider, I was unable to defend myself and died for the second time. I discovered that I had inadvertently placed the beacon near a cave, seeing that the spiders had retreated into said cave to escape the sun, I blocked off the entrance with some dirt, and set about repairing the beacon. I was additionally able to recover almost all my supplies, save a stone pickax which I presume fell down a nearby cliff. At around midday I made a dirt balcony around the beacon which i will use to light it when the time comes. As night fell I was making a bridge from one mountain to another in order to scout it out and see how I can make a more permanent shelter. Remembering my misadventure previously I spent the night in a tree top outside of the mountains.