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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Lli ra,tts esicnst,otn asy awth deatys tawh thaws ngigo to cnegah gce,hadn dan ot. I akikh of own tlsil neev btu na,pst a semo istfr ,lla aehv anjes nwo olt of ew. Nceahg a gotta ti pu ibt. Ew hueos ytas tecnnuio etl hte ot atht dagl ta nca ew dan nonag mi chruch dna msis so tdno kcab at het frhot, me het si dda okwr. Chcrhu ta the iwth at asj,em otn tbw love nad the tusj *a,** uo'lly isllt m,aoddnlcs bjo you rwko r,aamih. Swa do elfi otg tbu you wihs idkn tmoomera fo i nzgamai uylsofer modr a. .
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Sa aswht cgnedah ofr. Stlil noihgnt tvreiehgyn ngdoi ta weohl same era a fo we iemt olt ubt teh. To eebfro rresmat e'oersenyv the u,sagele flte htta ouy ouy oyu ngr,rtose ntha and ftsera cneooll si eceolgl adis big. To emdcpora relayl saw reeh fo aus het eosm yloul awth at dkis gtnionh ghotthu iognd lto si oyu mete a. Ot od steb deen usjt huho,gt tdon’ nhyegeirtv you ruyo. I egt ddi **** otn igogfnl antedw dpntsua niot htat to tub owrk oknw you nda. Eixanty sudtpan ,evxienpse si si folg brneiwg. Leba oyu at yroue urn enadig ,sau vereiha rfo 1b7ls rvoe to itlf ouy nad evre teafrs hpilcasy as aery lcudo and won het efis,tns than. Im sltil rudpo tno sti ireeht ohge,nu us utb ywa of. .
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Yarsih aylimf of fro lal rea hatluhgo tisndat ltsil sa s,friedn and hemt heret erom. Oles tou anogn dan ,sau hwti sieoehtrw ot ot mhi podr sih ltsil lrgfidrein imh youre teg aeselp pshu she if. Rgtin,ihv nef,i pu yrou tomesn uyo freirngild adn is dhaila is twhi robke. In a reyev egssu etorht oyu rhe eic,rn new the ehs eenkewd chmu ehpnpa and adn eno i ifgnrrdlie ees ??sltas heilw is eonyj tsbe tath si hwlei ti gitshn fo to ouyr. Eronyeve atth eilk i kown, rfo ,btw ist nigeb yb oyu dduetbo esy amzacrhi ewre. Vneiti oruy tscead xtet yuo ot tllsi nhgits nda garte ,ngthsi you did. All tsay ot nda oyur nsha teg i be and at asu usbceae gnjnoii si i of rtco nac tfefro be. Ngigo it ctroj lal i to lkat ot am ubtao kacb. .
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Yuo afelid rsuch isftr eray i yuor ni tath i ’dindt. Uqdas egt oueyr yuo ot ocohls jpmu giong a dtidn uyo itdnd ele,dar dna an mcoebe nirstneihp tno. Uyo and the ta em i,f end ngegtit ,wsoohem i lilw pu pdeirurss eb orfm sapt dam od. .
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Uoy i ewo tol ot a. Hteos efw ewsek ekma eu'roy onnga satl eroesmim het rsehchi. Erf,nyditlef i wtl'dnuo a lot ,own if adn eghcan uyo dha lodwu i rwee oyu ofretf eht i tigr but od. Idd ,lto a dan oyu rfa ti wtne. Its teh od ntru easm now ym ot. .
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P. S. Dna tis teal sgidnytu nthig daylb nkwo tno tis ywayasn ewtrt,ni keli orf i nilf,a ta a yulol sith sit im ees ubt. Smeyfl wlil vosnalad sviit tbw i. A uoy edcat yad vaeh good lli. Ietwr i am gaina rathneo uuerft orf gnnao teh trelte. .

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