Amnesia or lack of practice, introducing my band mates- Week eight

I'm having a hard time retaining all the songs that my band knows. They are on fire! I swear, I do not belong with the band I'm in, musically. I think we interact very well and I love my band mates but I have a lot of work to do to catch up to their level of musicianship.

The bassist Jeff is my go-to guy. He keeps me in the loop and I "chop" in his ear when Clint goes for his solo. Clint is my mandolin counterpart. He's like that kid in class that everyone knows is going to make a 100 on the test. So, what do you do? You look off his test, right? Well, that's sort of what I do to Clint. I watch what he's playing and try to copy him. There's Kris the guitarist and vocalist most of the time. He's got an interesting style and a great sense of humor. The only other girl is Monique and she plays fiddle, beautifully I might add. I like her because she's always smiling and she likes to make situation-suitable noises (I can't think of a better way to describe this) with her fiddle. Last but not least, the banjo king Brandon. He likes to try and take my head off when we're playing in the band room. He's slightly dangerous with his instrument in hand but he just likes to rock out while he plays. Oh! There's also our instructor Lee. He's a multi-instrumentalist and will often bust out some twin fiddle with Monique. I am so lucky to have these people around me.
I know I can learn a lot from them. I just need to start spending more time with them. We finally used our Ruby Tuesday gift card performance award last Friday after we recorded some songs in the studio. It was a lot of fun sitting there and having a social interaction with them opposed to a music-induced encounter. With my lack of experience, I found it much easier to get closer to them without my instrument in hand. Sometimes I feel a barrier in class due to my inabilities.
The studio experience was awesome! Huge thanks to Ben Bateson for accommodating us. I had never been in a studio before. Although, I didn't do very much because my nerves and, what I like to call, amnesia set in. Then there was the impromptu song choices that confused me a bit. It's getting easier to pick up on songs because I am getting conditioned to the progression of 1, 4, 5 (and variations of that) chords. However, I do not feel I am where I should be at eight weeks into the program. I know, I'm not going to miraculously play like I have been playing since I was three but my band is much more advanced than I am. It's frustrating. Of course, I'm sure it's because they have had and have more time to practice their music craft. Where as, my first and foremost craft is writing and boy do I have a lot of writing to do.
In an effort to make my life simpler, I came to the conclusion that I'm quitting my part-time job at Hollister. Money's tight, but oh well. I just hope this opens up more time for me to get all this overwhelming work done for this semester. It also opens up a lot of space for me to sit down to play my mandolin by myself, with friends (jamming) and most importantly with my band.