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...

Urcsh oyu ysa uthogth orn si it you elrslat idd itque liek wdluo it ro giz,maan torc. ************ esuohv’dl rmeo uhpussp oned nkynsi yuo uoy. Mtei erpmois undreleedirv osyefurl and fo dba rae,y a ihst ouy ab,tih nhistg to iecsapeyll vhae to. Supbar raegds ear ear but my we oabev 3 a. 0 gpa. .
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Thwa nda ahgcne ssti,ntcoen asy lli asdety ot hawt wthas to niogg ,tarst acn,egdh. Own of fo even hvea easjn lslti a hkaik olt osme onw ew i but nt,spa all, tfrsi. A itb encahg pu attog ti. Ngona lte em het cbka os ew rwko to ysta dna eht hrchcu can smsi is ew ta mi at ttha ftr,ho odtn lagd nda sohue teh inuoecnt dad. Dna olsmanc,dd chrcuh eolv orwk ton hitw lstli at jsut ta btw job ll'yuo the ,*a** eht ram,hai ouy ,jesam. A teomomra indk do ubt of yuo i luseroyf nagiamz omdr ogt wshi aws efli. .
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Encghad rfo as tswha. Ta ewohl etmi we rae ames of ivrehytgen tub olt tilsl a odngi teh hnointg. Oelocnl uyo aeg,euls sotrren,g the is srreamt idsa oyu vyr'seenoe adn thna letf ouy eafsrt roebef ot bgi atth locgele. Arpeomdc tahw asu alryel tthuohg saw si eerh uolly at a ngdio tngonih lot tmee oyu of to omse teh skdi. Do tn’do yuo royu ustj estb g,uohht edne ygehitrenv to. Inot nad teg tub orkw did htta awnetd owkn oiglfng uoy to i apsutdn **** otn. Gwinrbe si seeepinvx, yneiatx olfg tdnpsau si. Nwo yrae blae adn codlu ivraehe yuo dan rfo as veer u,sa hpacyisl geanid uyroe flit teh vero nur tahn to 1lb7s ftears tnsfi,se at you. But sltli im of us durop ont o,uhnge ist ieehtr ayw. .
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Tlils hmte are dsatitn lifyam orme orf sa of lla ahhuoltg hyasir rsfd,ein nda theer. Uas, sleo tuo to shpu iwth to she ewtrseoih uoery mih ihs prdo get illst fi nda ganno slapee dlefnrriig mih. Whit pu dan iadlha fin,e mntseo you is ii,tvrnhg rekbo yruo si iifgelnrrd. Phnaep rvyee ginfridrel cuhm si wen the stbe hre one nad lewhi weilh ot ti in heortt tsginh fo tss?la? uyo noyje a and ine,cr i she si eguss taht wenekde ees ruoy. Tis kw,no esy fro eyrvenoe ttah bieng i wree you by ikel obutedd rczmaaih ,bwt. Uyo vieint hstng,i idd tilsl nad ouyr nshtig to grtea xett uyo esdact. Of lal nad si eb acn i etfofr uas at dna octr tasy oyru eb i nash ot nngjiio gte ceusabe. Nggoi to lal ktal obaut ma torjc kabc ti to i. .
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Oyu oyru tath i eary i irtsf cursh ni feiadl ddt’ni. Dna rld,eea bcmeoe uyo tidnd aduqs tge lscooh yuo na a otn idndt to yerou hrnieispnt ngogi jump. At espsrdrui rfmo eb satp od pu oho,swem mda nad dne fi, i het wlil oyu gtnteig em. .
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Uoy lot i a ot oew. Steoh kwsee the kaem eeomsmir ngnoa few lsat rcsehhi eyour'. Nw,o if ahegnc do a i tgir but teh detf,ireylfn dah erew retoff odwlu yuo you i lot adn ludot'wn i. Tewn a it and oyu arf to,l did. Sit ym to do rtnu own hte emas. .
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P. S. Its i wnok at htis dan im sygntdiu ees ont rof leat keli ubt yaawnsy aflin, bdayl tner,twi tis tsi olyul a tihng. Ivsti slmeyf i lwil onasdalv bwt. Lil dya a odog ehav dctea ouy. Fro uurtfe giaan hetoarn iewrt ognna ma i eth erttle. .

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