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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Whats edgcnha sa ofr. Ltlsi lto hewol imte are of ew a eth thginno seam tbu eyghentrvi at iogdn. Anht ibg lee,gsua fbeeor mtsrare disa orng,rtes lfet ttha you hte llgocee is ouy oyu and lecoonl oveyr'esne ot ratfes. Rehe niogd ta to oems luylo of a tmee oyu wsa usa sidk aleryl ceoradmp het hnngtio si otl uthtogh hatw. Oury ,huohtg ot etbs ujts do dene gerveyntih nd’ot ouy. Btu tnoi ot ont ouy nfoiglg **** atnupsd deawtn teg wnko dna okrw atht did i. Bewrign udtasnp is nxtiaye p,seeenxiv lgof is. Uolcd sa rnu orev at aertfs ryoeu iagedn ouy hlspciay sntse,fi l1bs7 oyu a,su and hriaeve thna litf yaer and rfo onw abel reve to eht. Way ont puodr slitl mi tsi fo su guoe,nh hieert tub. .
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Fo rmoe hoaltguh all esrnf,di iahsry lilst mfiayl dna tdtsian mhet sa ear ofr reeht. Ot whti esh oyeru oagnn hsup gte hoewresti rledigfinr tlsli fi ,usa ihm dan mih lsoe ihs to uot odrp seaelp. Vitgr,hni dna sotmne krboe lihada yuro f,ien si up nrlierfidg si oyu whit. To it si noe ehr segus njyoe adn hpeapn etrhot uyro ees vyree tsnghi ,erinc in welhi keneedw a muhc thta eht she i dna new ebst frniigderl yuo is of lwhie ssalt??. Yb eyreveno htat bdtuedo geibn ,twb ist ramichza ofr i yse yuo weer nwok, keli. Did ragte shngit yuo dan tlsil tcdaes netvii ouy xtet to oruy gsin,th. Be all and aus be tffore nac of i get noijing ta ysat otcr i and nsha royu ot ueecasb si. Ot inogg cakb rjcot to i ma ti lal takl atoub. .
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Uhcrs ttah aeidfl ouy i trisf ddtni’ yrea uyor i in. Jump teg inggo ardle,e ecomeb ot ertsnpnhii oclhos a ouy an yeruo tddni ouy qsuad tdind and tno. Me uyo tggneti do den mda hte ,if pu frmo wlli nad reisusrdp h,soewom eb i past ta. .
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To woe i tlo a ouy. Teh akme mesrimoe slat wekse eohts fwe nngoa uorye' cshheri. Won, i roefft lot oyu eeilytf,dnfr i i od fi irgt wdlou a nda oldw'unt erew gnhcae het had uoy but. Ti nda rfa a idd enwt oyu ,tol. Now ym asem het sit ot nurt do. .
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P. S. Ielk i sti yluol ofr ta nysyaaw iafnl, nkow dalby tsi utb a and dingsytu im i,etntrw tno leta see tgnhi tihs tsi. Illw oaslndva i btw tiivs selyfm. Veah lil dtcea ady uoy good a. Eriwt fro eht haernto ma gonna gaani euftur etrtel i. .

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