A letter from January 7th, 2021

Dear FutureMe, Hi, How are ya? This is a letter from the past. Do you remember writing this? I'm on my moms green couch right now listening to music. Our self titled Spotify playlist. I have to leave for work in 2 hours. I have a slaapdienst in Zeewolde. I hope I sleep good bc lately it's been terrible. But I don't want to talk about me, or the me I am now, I want to talk about you and your life. I have so many questions. I am sending this email 5 years into the future. So you're 27 when you receive this email and it's 2026. That's so strange. I'm just going to start with all the things I want to say/ask. If I'm correct you're working on your master in archeology, what specialty did you choose? And how is that going? At the moment I'm so passionate about starting school and studying archeology. I hope it is going well and that we love it. In 9 months I'm going to school again. I'm nervous and excited at the same time. I am going to try to still work at Triade because I really like my job and I need the money. I also told myself that I will not procrastinate, at least not a lot, did we? Do we work at the moment and if so what do we do? I don't know how to call you. Are you you or me or we?? I guess we are both all of it. How is the love life going? As you know (or maybe don't know/remember bc it went wrong) I am (not officially) seeing Guy right now, we met him on Tinder last month but we already 'knew' him from Lelystad. Some stuff happened on New Years but we talked about it and it's good now. Bc of everything that happened this letter is also a week late. Didn't feel like writing it before. Back to Guy, I said I like like him and he said he likes me too so we are just chilling and seeing where this is going to go. I can't imagine this not going well but you never know and that's life. I'm really into him right now, he makes me feel good and I just like spending time with him. I kind hope you are still with him, are you? If not what happened? I hope it's not too painful to talk/think about. Are you with someone else? Do I know him right now or do we meet him later. If so how did me meet him? Is he good to you and does he make you happy and support you? What's our body count? It's 6 at the moment, I hope it stays at 6. How is the world? We are living in Covid and are quarantined. Did we get the vaccine? I know I want it, I did my research and it feels safe. What else is going on in the world? Last night Trump supporters stormed the capitol bc he isn't going to be the president for much longer. Is **** like that still happening? I sure hope not. Who is the president of the USA? and who is minister president here in the Netherlands. Have we been to concerts? I got tickets for Dua Lipa in October. I hope that was fun and that we were able to go. Who else did we see? Been to any good festivals? How was formula 1 in Zandvoort? Did we go to more races and are we still watching it? Has Verstappen become a world champion? He's got the talent to be one. Who else is still on the grid? Any new teams? Are we still writing? Even if it's just a journal/diary? Still sending these emails to future selfs? I hope so bc it is fun to write and I imagine it being fun to read too. Do we have any other hobbies? Like painting or drawing? I know I really like doing that I just don't make time for it. Do we still walk a lot? I try to go for a walk every day. Did we become a gym person? I like going to the gym but I also don't. It's a love/hate relationship. Are we still reading a lot? How many books do we have? Now I have around 110 books. Just don't be a kindle person. I love the actual feel of books and the smell. A tablet could never replace that feeling. At least not in my eyes right now. Favourite book? At the moment it's 'Eleanor and Park' and 'the hate u give'. What's our taste in music like? Is it still a bit of everything. What is your favourite song? Right now I don't really have one. Just multiple songs that I really like. What's your favourite movie? Still the Mummy 1 & 2? Did we learn another language? Like Spanish or Arabic? Are we comfortable in our body? Right now it's getting better and better. I've lost 9,5 kilo's. Did that become more? I hope so and can't imagine me not losing more weight. We're doing so good at the moment. What do we look like? Is our hair still long and brown? Do we still wear glasses or did we get laser eye surgery? Maybe even switch to lenses even though I hate that. Maybe the daily ones would be alright. How are the parents? Are they both healthy? Is dad still with Kawita, he would be stupid if he isn't. Does mom finally have a boyfriend? I just really want her to be happy and not be alone. What kind of work do they do? You never know with dad. Did mom become ASM? She should because she's very good at her job. How is Cai and how is your relationship like with him. He should be 17 and almost legal. That's so weird, he's almost an adult, by age at least. How are opa and oma? Alive and healthy I hope. Opa Ben? If he is alive he's 105, and you should visit him if he is alive. Go and plan that right after reading this. Still in touch with the other grandparents? And Senna? I really like her, she's a sweet kid. How is Marley? Please let him still be alive and well. He could be bc 13 is not that old for a husky. If he is alive hug him and give him some love. Are we still besties with Feline and Valance? I can't imagine that we are not. Those girls are my soulmates. I love them so much. What do their lives look like? I hope they get everything they want and more. Still sometimes seeing Kajal and Kim? If you haven't seen them in a while send them a text to meet up. Do we still live at home? I love my parents but I would like to maybe be moved out. Have a space just for me, or shared with someone special. Please tell me we don't have any kids. School comes first. Do we have new tattoos and piercings. I can't imagine that we don't have that. Love getting both. Did we travel and if we did where did we go? What beautiful places have we seen? How is our health? I've never complained about any physical things, except period pain maybe. I hope everything is good. Mentally also. Right now I think I maybe have high functioning anxiety, I did self diagnose and I know that's not good. But we got a lot of the symptoms. Do we still overthink a lot or do we know how to deal with that? I'm getting ready to send this email but I just want to say one more thing before I do that. I don't know why but I'm starting to tear up. Okay, here we go. If everything didn't work out how I'm hoping it will, that's okay. You haven't failed if life is different. You know we have always dreamed big. I just want you to be happy in life and do what you love. If you are not happy I hope this gets you back on track. You deserve all the happiness in the world and I hope you get that. It feels weird that I'm going to say this because I never say this to myself but I love you so ******* much. You are the most awesome and kind person that I know. You are literally my favourite person. I honestly hope you feel that way about yourself too. I already have so much love for you and I don't even know you yet. Can't wait to meet you and see who you have become. Once again, I love you and see you in five years, With love, Anisa, age 22