So I've got through my two week work placement at Marks & Spencer and while the managers were very impressed with my work overall, I felt I could have done better but hey, there's always room for improvement. The interaction with customers was still good and everything, although my confidence to talk to unfamiliar faces at night outs didn't make much developments which is a shame but I suppose there's still time to work on that.
Anyway, as the title suggests, there's been a wind of change going on and this is regarding my Thursday nights. I had been going to these karaoke nights regularly since the start of the year and sadly, it all ended last Thursday when the hosts had announced to the staff that they would no longer be able to hold their weekly events after that night but they weren't too pleased and just told them to leave without even going through one last night.
So with that unfortunate end to the Thursday karaoke nights, this now leaves me with nothing to do for these days. However, I do have some ideas on what I can do instead but some of them I would like to give a shot and see how comfortable I am. It's possible that friends I know from the Thursday nights will have their own ideas on what to do outside the house instead but it's best to make my own plans and not rely on others, although if they wish to invite me to wherever then I could go ahead and see how it goes.
So far my best alternative for the new Thursdays is to go to the swimming baths. I've been trying to exercise more in my life and sadly it's always on and off and I've yet to have a consistent routine for it. It might be mostly because the opening times for the swimming baths haven't worked out for me and when there are times when I'm awake when they're open, usually kids are out of school then and trying to do lane swimming when there's kids around is not ideal. However, some of the swimming baths have a nice time slot for Thursday where it's adults only so no kids around to get in my way of doing my lane swimming.
One other idea has just been to simply stay at home and have time to focus on video games, films and TV shows, some of them I admittedly lack doing much of at the moment so I can take the laptop upstairs and use the TV for films and gaming. Now this combined with swimming on Thursdays sounds like a really good way to spend my Thursdays but what's not making me 100% about this? Only thing about these two is feeling I may not get the best out of socialising with them, especially not the night in part but the swimming, I suppose it will vary.
Other ideas I've in mind involve other pubs and that but one thing in particular is considering taking up Magic: The Gathering again. I used to play Yugioh and quitted that game for various reasons and I had said to some friends that play Magic that I would consider playing actively but was busy for Thursdays and Fridays already. However, with Thursdays free right now I could possibly start it up again. Some of the regulars that I know tend to go to Baa Bar afterwards which I could possibly join along to but if it's going beyond midnight, then it's a no-go for me considering this is over in Liverpool. The only things that would bother me about being a Magic player is having to be active in the game to know what's going on and to learn unfamiliar cards all the time and the need for money all the time. So with them, this idea is not likely but I won't rule it out yet.
Last things in mind are pub quiz at The Swan in Liverpool and jam night at The Hotel California. The former is a potentially good one but it would only be with friends that I know so perhaps building my way up for that will get us somewhere. As for the latter, it's something I can consider and have popped in before to sit and watch but the thing is, I'm already there every Friday and some Saturdays so to be there regularly for a third night is overdoing it. Don't get me wrong, I love the place but I don't want to get sick of it.
So there you have it. All my possible new ideas for Thursdays now that karaoke night is no more. It's hard to say what I'll end up doing but perhaps I can experiment with each one and eventually decide what's best for me. Heck, I could even change each week to freshen things up but I tend to like routines so the most ideal one for me from this lot (or even something else) should end up being my new Thursday nights.
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