Wanderlust

Bestie told me I had wanderlust. I agreed with her (after I looked up what wanderlust meant. It sounds so dirty!). I do want to get out of the house. I love to travel and take pictures. What I really want to do is go ghost hunting. I have only officially been ghost hunting once. 

Presido La Bahia

Some friends and I went to Presidio La Bahia in Goliad, TX in June of 2009. (Wait what?? 2009? June of 2009!!! That was freaking 2 years ago!!! No wonder I have the dirty sounding wanderlust!) La Bahia and Our Lady of Loreto Chapel were built in 1721. It was the site of the Goliad Massacre in 1836, when Colonel Fannin and his men were killed outside the chapel doors during the Texas Revolution. For an interactive map of La Bahia click here.

My bed in The Quarters

We rented what are known as The Quarters, the rooms used by the priests as housing in mid-60s but was once originally part of the officer's quarters when La Bahia was being used as a fort. By renting the Quarters overnight we had the whole fort to ourselves overnight. It was amazing!

View of the Inside of Our Lady of Loreto

Right out the back door of The Quarters is the church, Our Lady of Loreto Chapel, which has been in continuous use since it was built. There are at least 13 graves right outside the chapel doors. There is only one that has an actual grave plot, that of Annie Taylor. She died of TB, I am not sure who she was or why she has the only visible grave, but it was a piece of the fort's history and awesome to see.  

Creepy Window

There are a few things I remember from that night (note to self - WRITE STUFF DOWN!!). The thing that stands out the most for me was a small round window that was upstairs in the church looking over the courtyard of the fort (known as the quadrangle). I never saw it from the inside, but at night when we were walking around I kept feeling I was being watched from that window. It was right as you entered the quadrangle so I had to keep passing it all night. It really creeped me out a lot. To my knowledge none of the others with me felt this way about the window, but to me it was the creepiest thing! I took pictures of the window at night, but it was just too dark. I went back the next morning and snapped another photo, the creepy feeling was still there!!

Quad Gates

At one point and time I was alone in the living space of the Quarters and I heard what I thought was footsteps running up to the back door. I opened the door and no one was there, I closed the door and sat back down wishing I had started my digital recorder. (Not to self #2: Always have a digital recorder running). No one else was with me so I am the lone witness with no evidence.

We were all in the courtyard around Annie's grave when we heard the gates to the quadrangle bang open. The doors are made of heavy wood and metal. Not easy to open and close by hand, little long the wind. Plus it was being propped open, I don't remember if it was a rock or something else. We checked it out and couldn't figure out why it would slam open. I snapped a picture right after the noise, but as you can see nothing out of the ordinary  shows up. In the picture the chapel/Annie's grave is to the left and The Quarters are directly across from the gates. 

Tower Ruins

At some point throughout the day and night all of the girls were drawn to one place in particular. It was in the back (The of the fort, up a cannon ramp. We were all drawn to this dilapidated tower, all at different times. During our nighttime tour we had batteries die in both video and digital cameras in this area. 

Well

There was also some "feelings" by the well and the wall just behind it (the east wall). Both of the friends that were with me felt something there (again, I didn't write it down damn it.) They both had similar feelings so I wanted to share pictures from that area.

Presido La Bahia is an awesome part of Texas history. Even if you are not into the paranormal, it is a beautiful well maintained piece of history.

TGIF!

I have never been so freaking glad to see a Friday in my whole life. This week sucked... a lot. When I say a lot I don't mean just a lot. I mean a whole bunch of a lot.

At the beginning of the week we decided to get a new tire for the car. We went to NTB and discovered we needed 4 new tires and new shocks. So 900 dollars and 4 hours later we left NTB. Remember we are both unemployed this summer - 900 is a lot of freaking money!

Bestie had boy troubles this week and I talked her through it. It is always hard to hear someone you love in pain. It was so hard to listen to her sob. I am glad she has processed and is working through it now.

Car shopping is a pain in the ass. We looked at so many cars and all of them with the check engine light blazing. It was so frustrating. While searching the internet I dropped my new phone and somehow broke the plug for the charger (it won't freaking charge). I started crying from shear frustration of the week, and instead of being an understanding lad, Boyfriend called me a diva. Ugh!

I was so ready for this week to be over by Wednesday!!

Then yesterday Boyfriend and I had an explosive fight and I almost moved out... needless to say that just added to my "The Week Needs to be Over" mentality. I am so glad it is Friday!!!

Have you ever had a week that just wouldn't let up. All the little things combined with the big things in just the right configuration that you thought that the universe had a thing against you? I mean what did I do to deserve a week like that!! I have been a relatively good girl!

But the week is over now. TGIF my friends. Boyfriend is going to be sleeping all day (peace and quiet yay!) and I am going to lounge around the house and watch ghostie shows on Netflix. Maybe I can salvage the weekend!