Late Saturday night, Lorelei Rivers and I will be getting on a redeye flight to the East Coast, where we’ll meet up with the gentleman I call Ghost Rider; on Sunday evening we’ll get on another plane together, and disembark the next morning in Dublin. Yes, a generous client is taking my girlfriend and me on a week-long vacation to Ireland; that is seriously living the hooker dream, my friends! Oh, wait; clearly I’m suffering from false consciousness, because we all know that the lives of prostituted women are unending cascades of suffering and degradation. What I really mean is that an evil, exploitative “john” is going to “traffic” two helpless, innocent “victims” across international borders to satisfy his carnal lusts 50 times a day each. No doubt we’ll be forced to use drugs to survive the violation; oh, woe is us! Actually, in all seriousness I will need to use drugs to survive the flights, but those drugs will be my good old Valium and Zofran combo, plus as much booze as the air hostess will give me. So much has changed in the last year and a half; at that time I couldn’t have even hoped for a trip like this. But now my vertigo is more manageable (though that still requires a lot of planning), I have my passport again, and a generous gentleman is subsidizing my flying! And that means this is really a kind of dress rehearsal; in the future, I’ll be able to travel to any place a client needs me to go, provided he’s willing to book me for enough time to justify the travel (at least 24 hours to the UK, Ireland or Western Europe and 2 days for anyplace farther than that). Take a look at your budget, international fans! And in the meantime, keep your eyes peeled for photo hijinks with Lorelei & me in the Emerald Isle!
Diary #367
July 11, 2017 by Maggie McNeill
Posted in Diary, Miscellaneous | Tagged blogging, drugs, Ireland | 6 Comments
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I fly to Europe pretty much constantly…it’s a good idea to take something to try to get 3-4 hours on the plane on the way over. Go with the expectation that the first day you’re there might be a bit rough…but try to avoid napping and push through until normal sleep time the 1st night. At that point, you’ve got a good chance of being on ‘local’ time.
I’d also suggest staying away from much alcohol on the plane. Individuals vary, but it’s not that good for sleep IMO and it’s going to make you feel like shit later.
Have a blast….
Congratulation, Maggie. I’m happy for you and Lorelei even though it suggests I’ll be priced out of your services as your fame spreads.
Nah, you needn’t worry about that; I’m comfortable at my price point. 🙂
Céad míle fáilte go hÉirinn!
Enjoy your trip! Alas, I fear this sort of thing is rather beyond my pay grade. Make sure youse try a pint of the black stuff, and perhaps a drop of poitin, just be sure not to fall into a sheugh up to your oxters in clabber afterwards.
(The weather forecast is ‘changeable’, as it so often is at this time of year; bring something warm and water repellent.)
Oh how I wish it was me, I love irish music, Guinness on the tap, Jameson and Tullamore Dew… But I’d perfer Belfast over Dublin since I’m a GoT addict and would love the opportunity to stand in the same spots as that sex-bomb Jon Snow…
Well, have a very nice trip!