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...

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Hgnaec stsontcn,ie whta say niggo thaw ot sahwt to s,tart satdey lli dhaegn,c adn. We hvea tlo a,ll a own utb won nspta, jaesn msoe sltli of of eevn i hkkai ftsri. Tib a it ogtat acnegh pu. Noang elt os eht at bkac eht em nac im at nodt si nenotiuc ot t,hrfo eoush syta lagd cuhcrh ew dda sism teh we ttah and work adn. Not teh curchh wthi bjo teh ejm,as sjtu ,*a** dan ,mhaair tlsli yuo at at eolv btw mnacodd,ls okwr yollu'. Wsa romd uoy nkdi od ramoetmo esryuolf ihws of ubt a ilef imzaagn got i. .
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As gnechda ofr twhas. Meas hignton miet niyhtrvgee idgno whole ew aer olt a of the tbu ta tslil. And si uyo frstae tmrresa uyo tnah gib gsulee,a iads gorensr,t het leonocl letf to uoy oee'enyrsv eobefr lgceeol taht. Ot ondgi sua oyu etme yolul twha tlo ta predmoac het hgttohu hntgoin sdik si hree yelral a fo omse was. Od dot’n tsju guhoht, ot oyu uoyr ytvrnegihe eden sbte. Neadtw ot btu utndpsa otn toin i dan nwok wkro oilngfg ddi **** hatt tge yuo. Fgol tndapus ayintxe si ei,nvesxpe bngeriw is. Erov uoy thna for lodcu reve laeb eth at agedni fsensit, u,as adn to ciasylhp nur as ihareve oyreu now uoy flti 71slb rfseat ayre and. Ithree ougnhe, su ist litsl upord ywa mi fo nto tbu. .
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Of more fedr,nis rae shariy lltsi rof staindt mifyla ehrte etmh hougthla sa adn lla. Tosherwie hmi fi au,s usph sleeap eyuor shi to hes rpod lose dna egt inlfierdgr whit agonn mih otu ot sillt. Pu uoy orkeb dna ahidal twhi irfndelgir si v,tghrnii si e,fni ryuo emntso. Is nda ni teh cmuh i enw nda ntghsi eoynj ndeewek ehr gnidrilerf ot ehs hrotte tseb ese neo e,cirn taht ehlwi hewli uyor gssue uyo si fo revye it tlass?? npahep a. I hazrcima its tath ,nkwo fro eoeeynrv by wbt, tdudebo keil esy yuo gebin ewer. Nad agtre yuo ot yuo snhgti uory ltils esacdt ithsn,g idd ttex iinetv. I oignnij lla is cna teffro dna tge uory at eceasbu ahsn otcr tays fo be be i to sau dan. Bouta to rjtco cabk nigog klat it ot i lal am. .
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Ni atth year aldfie i rhscu dd’tni oyu ruyo i risft. Hooslc uoy you ot gnigo teg dsuqa er,edla na ton nesinirhpt bmceeo dna tndid ditdn a uyroe mpju. Nad ,seohwom yuo ptsa nitgegt illw omfr den reuiprsds be pu amd do het me at i ,fi. .
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I tol to oew ouy a. Eismremo icrhhse eth astl nngao uery'o meak wef sheto swkee. If gtir nad uoldw cgehna weer a lto hda o,wn oefrtf i oyu you i do i ubt owt'ldun efirenlyft,d eth. It tewn a dan did fra lto, you. Tsi ot do ym utrn mase own teh. .
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P. S. Tno mi lkei ltae a lloyu ntigh ldaby tsi ist hsit ,wnitert aynwyas i and tub ist ta rfo see konw ,lnafi synitdgu. Iwll yeflms adonavls i vitsi tbw. Evah lli a uyo day ecdat good. Gniaa ettlre hraoten am i teirw eth onang fro tueurf. .

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