New narrative line

I also have been brooding about the probably future novel, Old Age v. The United States of America. An addition. On the road trip, the buddy of the protagonist brings his dying wife -- she convinces him that he should administer the drug to her where they had their honeymoon in Mexico. I think maybe in the end the protagonist will be arrested for murder, the other two dead (the buddy decides to join  her), though of course he didn't kill them at all. But assisting in suicide is a crime. Not sure what role the drug cartel stuff will play, or maybe even be dropped. I like using it as backdrop more than front and center. As ordinary. Not sure when I'll actually start on this in a disciplined way. Still brooding. And brooding is such fun.