Looking Forward

I'm getting excited (no, not about the sweater, though there is that)! This Thursday, I get to go to our church's women's retreat. I'm hitching a ride with three other gals I know and am looking forward to lots of knitting time (ahem) and getting to know people from church more and taking time to be alone with HIM.

To that end, I'm praying over what to put on my iPod so I have a few hours' worth of studies to go over. I'm figuring out that I'm more of an auditory learner than I presumed I was. Or is that how it goes? Because if I am listening to a study, if I write down what I'm hearing, I usually retain it really well (don't tell but I hardly ever went over my notes in high school or college before tests and I got decent grades). It's not that I'm a particularly wonderful note taker, but there's just something about writing it down that helps to file it in my brain so I can get at it later.

Of course, that only works if I'm really paying attention. Most often lately, half my brain is listening and the other half is wondering what to do next or what grammar lesson we need to work on or how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? Ok, maybe not that really but more like "should I buy lace blocking needles" or "when is my order of yarn going to get here" or "what project should I finish first" etc. etc. etc. I'm obsessed. And to think that I've come down a few notches. Oy!

A side note: I've started watching One Night With the King on Netflix. I'm trying to figure out if I know the actor who plays the king because he looks somewhat familiar and it's driving me nuts. But I'm too stubborn/lazy to bother looking it up.