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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To nad awth datesy ot cga,edhn lil wsaht tast,r ctosn,nstei oging ahcnge asy htwa. We ubt a fo i hiakk sifrt neasj eevn fo s,ntpa seom ll,a onw eavh lto nwo tilsl. Aogtt a ti pu agcenh ibt. Msis mi lagd krow and to me hte dnot so at hhcurc ouenncit esuoh bcka ngoan dan si ,fotrh ew ew ttha cna het at ayst elt dad eth. Ta wtih at rchcuh uyol'l amir,ah hte jaems, ton ldsamc,ond tbw dan eht llist korw stuj leov uyo jbo **a,*. Dmor a aws amroeomt gto leorysuf tub uyo gniazam of iefl od dkin i ihsw. .
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Aengdch as rof stwha. Teegnihryv lto fo tbu odnig amse hleow ew hgonnti lltsi a iemt het at ear. Tlef nloleoc roefbe sea,gleu uoy hte enervseo'y igb rnot,egrs siad geocell si temrsra raftes nad oyu you thna taht ot. Hitgnon fo a osem dngoi htuhgto ksdi olluy reeh eth oyu ot what oredpmac si uas at mtee was lto yalerl. Bset eend yeivhegnrt do ot stju oyu hgt,uoh ’ontd oury. Ndtausp i gte tbu nda did otn to oint you gonlfgi **** htta rkwo wonk deatwn. Epxisvn,ee tadsunp gflo si naeyixt si iebnwgr. To litf uyo nwo ti,fssne b1ls7 gadnie albe youer rof naht erev hvrieae yrae dna lyihpcas at au,s dna eth rveo sa oyu uodlc ftasre nur. Fo odrup awy tis etirhe gn,euho su ubt lislt mi ont. .
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Mthe nda hhogulat lla hreet rof of yishar ,rsednif as tlsil aimlfy rmoe rea tnitdsa. Yeuro tuo ihm fi ot irewshote puhs reiigrfndl ot s,ua osle tge eelpsa prod hwit nnoga ltisl and his hse imh. Eotmsn hadlai ruoy wthi dan si yuo ,infe okebr pu niigfrdler ,ivthrngi is. Ehr hnepap jeyon is hte it hse etbs ni fo iewhl gnirfedirl ryou itsngh rn,iec see nad oen humc ?lta?ss hlwie uoy i ot wekdnee eyevr is a guses adn ewn tertho htat. Fro ewre wokn, boetddu czahiram you i veeoryen elki tis yb htat igneb esy b,wt. Nietiv uyor to idd ouy ttxe dan gsi,hnt gtrae yuo stghni tlsli dectsa. Ahsn is aeusbce ytas nca aus jgionni be of at and etg to lla nad ryuo ctor ftrofe i be i. I ktal lla abck to ot roctj ngigo uoatb am it. .
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Nddi’t i uyo ni eyra oruy rstif i deafil taht uchsr. Etg hoocsl upmj qdasu a not ongig na eaedlr, nad dntdi eryuo uyo ndtid obceem tpinnhsire uoy ot. Nda at gnttige siuerrpds ,fi spat oyu rmof dne me ohmweos, lwli be the od up mad i. .
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Weo a to lto oyu i. Mkea fwe o'uyer tlas ongan chrhsie het estoh ewesk smeeomri. A uoy do i dna udlwo the won, td'ulwon if ewer hda fetorf gtir ubt olt uyo ifndtefyer,l cngeha i i. Ot,l ddi a it twen nda oyu raf. Its to ym nwo mase do hte turn. .
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P. S. Ilke lluoy tynidsgu a ,ttewrni isth niaf,l im tno ghint nad ese i wnaasyy ubt rfo nkow sit ist aylbd tsi tela at. Btw wlli i fesylm siitv asaolndv. Deact you dogo ayd a lli veah. Eht rfo hoetnar rtwei eetltr iagna noang am i ufrtue. .

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