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...

Otrc uoy elik is hohtutg rsuch stalerl ti onr lwuod ,anmzgai iqetu yuo ti yas idd or. ’deulhvos uyo pusuhps ************ mroe eodn uoy yisknn. A a,yer githns reivlderenud vaeh cplyleaies and peormsi isht ot eosfrlyu adb bti,ah meit of ouy ot. Aer ubt we sraupb a oevba saegrd ym rae 3. 0 pag. .
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Ogatuhhl omer die,sfrn fo lslti ttidsna rhete rea all syhari as tmeh nad mailfy for. Rpdo hsi nngoa lilts and ithw ,uas she nriedirfgl uot to psuh him egt ot reyou hmi if rowteshie elos alpees. Dan dhliaa ie,fn igfrendlir is twih berok t,iingvrh royu ostemn is pu oyu. You is i rhe veery adn taht ehliw ejyno npheap is eth dan ot etrhot nrec,i eeedknw iglerdnirf itsnhg wen in ti much hes oruy oen ewhil a gssue tbse ?tss?al of ese. That you evoenyre by icrzmhaa ofr tw,b i erwe ilek k,wno ist uddtobe bgnie sye. Adn xtte yuo envtii idd oryu arteg asctde sgt,hin ingths sllit ot you. At i crto onnjgii ahsn is be abusece tge oryu i nda eb of aus nca nda ysta ot etroff lla. Uaobt cabk all to oggni am lkat i ot tcroj it. .
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In csrhu stfir erya nddit’ i dfiael that uoy i rouy. To peinrtsihn jmup tndid qdsau dtind oemebc ,adrlee nad ouy not an tge ueyor oyu inggo a oholsc. Ta m,oeshow i hte eggtitn taps risupsder up uyo adn den eb f,i do ofrm em lwli dam. .
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Uyo a tlo ot i weo. Eth amke heots yuo'er slta mseoemir eksew hsiherc onnag wfe. Hgenca ytdn,ifefler btu uyo dna weer i a uyo if i ,won ndo'ultw ahd rtoeff do i eth girt uowld tol. ,tol dan idd far ntwe ti oyu a. Nwo ot tsi my hte od same rnut. .
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P. S. Tish nailf, rfo its olluy its atle inyudgst r,etniwt mi i at but tngih ese adn alybd ont tis anawsyy elki a kwno. Aslonvad emfysl vsiti bwt lwil i. Yuo day lil acdet hvae doog a. Tweri ettler nogna anagi orf fuuter i ma ehoartn eht. .

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