Hi dfb....yes, we are going to have to rent a motel room for our own sanity, and I will give h the option of not going. We've stayed in motels most of the time when we go to visit, but for some reason that insults my parents....but we are going to have to just as a matter of survival. I really can't handle the stress and strain. I have no clue how they can live with it day in and day out. Even w/all the crap going on at home right now, it doesnt seem as bad...no wonder their health is so poor. They honestly need to be in a retirement home, but they will never do that. My mom still works 3/4 time, my dad works full time and helps my brother farm and they just bought a floundering business.....maybe that's why they seem so bad right now....sigh....I would love to be more supportive to them but I just can't do it all right now, and my first priority has to be my own family. Which means my brother, who's never married, is stuck with most of the "front line" stuff, and that's hard for him. Life is complicated, that''s for sure