A letter from May 07, 2025

Peaceful right?

Dear future me, Right now, I’ve received two scholarships to ASU, most notable of which being the three-year army ROTC scholarship. I hope your first year in Senior ROTC was amazing and stellar. Just last week I retired from being battalion commander and took the first steps towards the big army. As you're wrapping up your freshman year of college, I hope you kept the scholarship benefits and didn’t do anything stupid. My world right now is a lot of events and things. I own a lot of ASU clothes and khaki pants that I hope you still own. I live between both my mom and my dads house. I’m sure now that you have your own dorm, with your own stable living space, that you don’t miss the back and forth. Graduation is a week away. Right now, I’m doing a whole lot of nothing. I dedicated a majority of my time towards JROTC and DECA, and now that I am finished with that it’s time to pick up some personal hobbies. My hope is that in the summer, or your summer before college, that I get into golfing, and stand-up comedy. I also want you to focus a lot on physical fitness, but i'm sure by the time you get this letter you’re already an absolute unit. All my family is in my life right now, and so are my good friends, Dahlia, Yahir and Montse. Make sure to check up on them, especially Dahlia since she’s the furthest away. Hopefully you maintain regular contact with them. Hopefully you have the same girlfriend but if not, that sucks for you, because I have them right now, loser! This year was the most eventful year in my life. As I closed out JROTC and DECA with a bang, going to Florida and earning an honor unit with distinction. My senior year was incredibly successful, even if you don’t think so. I hope to carry this success into my freshman year of college, and hopefully you still feel the success I feel today. I predict that I will be more physically fit and absolutely crush my first year of college. I predict that I was on the ranger team because of my knowledge and fitness. I also predict that I am already in talks with being a squad leader or something more for my freshman year. Hopefully I also earned a summer internship with cadet command or even jump school already. Also, I better have good grades or I’m going to be mad at you from the past. I know it's impossible, i'll find a way. P.S. Send an email to Mrs. Sandoval and thank her for making this letter. Call your parents, they probably miss you, and call Dahlia. Check in on your friends. Check in on the cadets you left behind too, help them if they want to join you at ROTC. From the past, Robert Davis

Epilogue

about 8 hours later

Dear senior year robert

There was a lot of things you were hopeful for that I didn’t do. You got to keep your scholarships though so don’t worry. I can’t...

Or uqeit mna,igaz slarelt hohutgt it orn crto uyo si rschu it yuo lkie sya dowlu did. Yuo reom done you phspusu ************ dvlehos’u iksnny. Ietm thsign to shit eyr,a iabt,h roeispm ouy icelesalpy fo dab a ahev dna reuldvdrieen fsyelour to. Pabrsu 3 ear ew a eadrgs ym beaov rae tub. Agp 0. .
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Athw igngo yatsde wath ,astrt to cnaegh hna,ecdg asy ahwts dan to ill ,tssinncote. Tbu slilt wno onw fo vaeh neev jsnea we a ftisr i otl hkaik spt,na mose fo a,ll. A tib agtot gheacn it pu. Th,ofr orkw teh at add ot hte oseuh eonnuict me and at mi tel si ckba nda isms hatt nac syat gnnao we hte algd ew os ntod hhucrc. Thiw hrm,aai ccruhh bjo uoy the at olev ta nmocd,adls dan ton wkro iltls o'lylu eth es,jma usjt bwt **,a*. A ogt of omeoamrt do i fiel asw uyo btu nidk siwh fesrylou omdr nziaagm. .
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Sa wstah ednhcga fro. Hweol of itme het a veyteignhr dongi but smae siltl we ear niohtgn ta tol. You to uoy dais tanh ,trnsegro eny'osrvee gbi ertafs clneloo etsamrr olcgeel oerfeb is thta lfte easg,uel you het adn. Uas rhee teh ta pedmrcao asw loluy hwta ghtuhot smeo fo lyaerl niogd olt mete kids uyo to si a nognthi. Ruyo o’dnt jtus rnveyhigte ot uoy do hhgo,ut tbes dene. That lgngfoi tub teg ton noit yuo kwon ot did i uadtsnp wadetn wkor **** and. X,esenivpe si si upnsdat bwingre fgol anyxeti. Now loudc u,sa aereihv lhyipasc flti uoy eabl revo ta teh rof oyu reev ot urn sa nfe,sits 1s7lb nda asrfet ryea nda dinage tnah yeuor. Ont mi wya hitere ugh,noe fo ltils us tsi but purdo. .
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Sairyh ltlsi ear lla and atnsidt fmayil fro uthaolgh mroe fo emth sa heetr efidnrs,. Dopr ot oels mhi fi fgiindelrr dna tge ganon shrteoeiw mhi uot esh puhs reoyu sltli asu, leseap ihs iwth to. Daiahl ,efin monset pu ifnderrlgi iivrgt,hn yuo si robek is ouyr adn tiwh. Her si is ni sebt neo ouy fo nedeekw ot teroth dna umhc nhepap st??sal yuro vyere i wen the in,cre ahtt liweh ees hsgint eusgs dan a dnigfirrle wheil ti seh oyjne. N,okw dobdute i mhzaraci bw,t bgnie klie yoervene sey by oyu weer fro sti htat. Dna yuo uryo uyo tlsil to nisgth inveti did snigt,h tesdac txte regat. Sau rtco ryou gniinoj egt nhas suecbae eb lla is acn adn i of i efrtof nda eb ysat ot at. Tlak i ot am iggno kbca it cotjr outab lal to. .
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In dndi’t tath uyo i yrae rsuhc royu srtfi efalid i. Pujm an oyu ton slhcoo iserhitnnp eoury mceebo ingog ntddi ot you egt dna squad drlee,a itndd a. Lwil em morf teh dam pu be dan eohwo,sm i apst you end updrresis od ta ,if ggttien. .
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Oyu olt i a weo ot. Isememro shrcehi amke ewsek wfe the salt nagno hotse o'eyur. A tol i yuo ahd feortf tgri unt'dowl w,on ouy rwee i dffeienlrt,y fi od hte adn chaeng lwdou i utb. Lto, ti ddi tenw uyo raf a dan. Emas ot eht utrn tis od won ym. .
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P. S. Tis ist sywayna at tinhg wkon im dnsutiyg lydba eilk not t,rtweni hsti utb nad rof tis yluol a atel i nifl,a ese. Lnavdsao wbt wlil isvti esflym i. Oogd heav lil a dacte dya yuo. Eth tweir eltrte ma giaan i hraonte nnoga utefur rof. .

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