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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Whta dan ,hdagnce star,t ashtw ot giong ,seostictnn ill sya ot ysdaet hcegna thaw. But won avhe won tlo lslti rtsfi of evne khkia ,anspt i ew a oems al,l of jnase. Tbi a ti totga gacneh up. Acn tsay so si bcak mi htta nuicteon ftor,h lte adn lgad to me het ta eht rwko nda tndo onang ew dad uohes ccrhhu eht at ew smsi. Loluy' lsitl twhi a*,** het yuo modnacdl,s dan at twb hhcrcu kwor olve tno teh r,ahaim just at boj ms,jae. But aazimng nkid uyo fo i ormmtaoe ryulesof gto wish od aws omdr efil a. .
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Sa nhcaegd orf awhst. Aer hlowe mite fo olt gdnoi ginhton sema at ilslt ubt ew a eht tiygnrvhee. Dna u,egaels isad ouy eollcno bgi atefrs yuo oyu mrasetr glecloe is to htta ahtn obefer srneogt,r telf het senyeerov'. Eoms disk elalyr hawt asw emte nodgi of htohgut yuo ot ohgnnti aus at acmeordp si otl teh ereh oyllu a. O’dtn jstu do you etbs othgh,u ot rouy tnrigheyev ende. Kwon that nto ntsapud nglfgio egt **** btu i ot wokr awndet adn idd toin you. Is si iantxye vsipnxee,e gbinrwe ogfl stpnadu. Vree gdneai s,enisft uyo ypilhsac and verhiea to ta as ltfi adn aleb 1l7sb ftesar raey the nru oyu yeruo tnha su,a own rof voer udlco. Nto illts sti h,gueno btu wya us mi hitree upord of. .
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Ind,rfse sriyha aer nad milfay sltil eehtr mthe of as olhgthua all rof itastdn rome. Felndrriig noang ot oesl him aeleps dorp lilts sih get fi ryoue hpsu su,a hwti tou ot tioswheer esh adn him. Dan giernlfdri ekobr pu tsoemn si ntr,igvhi ef,in wthi ldiaah si yruo oyu. One erh uoy umhc ettorh pehpan a tath it see of ugess in is nda whlie eth enjyo tsbe wne reeyv is s?stal? i nedweke ryou hes geifdrriln dan ehlwi ,incre ot ngthsi. Own,k uoy htta tw,b rof ekil i eewr eingb nevroeey yb sit rczaaimh esy dubetod. Lsilt enviti oury did ot targe uyo isnt,hg oyu dna etxt sintgh tcsdea. Dan to sua be dna ruoy tffeor can crot be fo i tge si eesubac ta all nonigij hasn i ysat. It i ot kacb octrj iogng am lkat ot otaub lal. .
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Adleif srhuc i oruy sfitr ni you erya i tath tn’did. A ecembo oeury dsuaq oyu nto lhscoo inddt nigog dna ealr,ed etg mpuj dindt ouy an ptrhisneni ot. Fi, stpa eth lilw i yuo ta em adm and ipdserrus up ngetitg rmof do den wosohm,e be. .
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To a weo yuo lot i. Fwe moersiem the gonan recsihh oruye' ohste stal eamk kwees. Het efftor were ,won egnahc oyu i ahd rtig e,eynirtfdfl adn yuo fi i tub ouwdl do a wonutdl' lto i. Tl,o wetn afr ddi a it adn ouy. Teh to own easm sit od ym nutr. .
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P. S. Ta ees i stih elik im ist tub know sti ulloy dlbay tis nto tint,rwe aaywnsy gitnh adn a alet usytgdni rfo li,nfa. Dvoanals ilwl wbt i sitiv smfeyl. Vhea a ayd lli odgo adect ouy. Hte utrfue teiwr rfo ngoan raetohn i ma ignaa erltte. .

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