packing

i'm taking the girls to my sister's for swimming lessons in a few days. she has a lake in her town and they go every year. i actually was going to skip a year. i felt so tired of running around all winter that all i wanted to do was stay home this summer. but they wanted to go so i called to see if there were any openings in the session we wanted, and there were. now i'm (slowly!) packing, and this knitpicks capri blue yarn is coming along. it's the spiral baby blanket yarn i've been wanting to work with. actually, it's lying around hoping i'll cast it on before leaving . .
on another note, this photograph is too bright for me. i tried fussing with the settings on the camera, and with the light coming into the room, but it continued to allow too much light into the shot. it's an olympus digital. i've always been so happy with the pictures, but lately i've been wondering if something is wrong. are the batteries that i have too old? is the chip worn? is "chip" even the correct term? i think i better get out the manual and read a book or two about digital cameras.