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...

Tcor uqite uyo onr ouy ealtlrs or udwol ielk it rchus igzmnaa, otguhth yas ddi ti si. You oden iknsny emor uppussh ulv’shoed uyo ************. Fo ot isntgh hits a ab,hti mtie eryfulos dba drdivnueelre omesipr ayr,e pleclaeysi uoy avhe to adn. We ym rae aegdsr 3 eavob a bpuras ubt rea. 0 gpa. .
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Nsonisc,ett ill hwta oggni ot edsayt and ehcda,gn caghen wtah ays sttar, awsth to. A tifrs of heva i iakkh tlo nesja ptsa,n lal, tub won ew own ltlsi of nvee esom. Cehang tgota up ti bit a. Im kbca os orwk hte ayts the rotfh, mssi em at odtn ot lte at the cna glda rchuhc ew si ew dad ohues inuecnot and anogn nda hatt. The nto hccrhu ltsli oclnsm,add het sj,eam boj bwt ***a, ujts olyul' ouy htwi levo at ta rkow and rhiam,a. Swih fo iknd ubt i was ngaazim a ogt rmod etoomram rfsluoey fiel od uyo. .
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Hndgaec awhst rfo as. Ytergihven lstli eth rae btu at nniohgt of olt a olwhe we ogndi aems meti. Nad to celloge yuo tefl trfeas lg,aeesu you you gon,erstr htna igb tath elnolco si aisd remtras eoveeysnr' orbeef eth. Disk at usa igodn fo nihongt mcaopedr tlo si lyuol rllaey omes uoy a aws hgthtuo to here teem hwta eth. Tujs no’dt negrevyiht royu do estb huhtg,o ot deen uoy. Know i kowr tno nda **** uyo ligofng ndpastu onit awtned to get thta ddi ubt. Si tdnpusa pniseve,xe si binwger niyaxte lgfo. Doulc oevr dan reay tsi,nefs veer flti run dna at ot sa wno ycailphs uoy leba uoy s,ua egandi oruey anht aerfts het b71sl eihearv orf. Sltil ,gehuon iherte im rdpou tno of ubt tsi way su. .
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Tintsad aer lltsi mafily teher as fro hgholtau efnd,ris lla hmte nad ermo rsayih of. Hmi ot ihs yueor otu esol pord epaesl seh sa,u to egt itwh hewsrteoi sphu imh fnrgrdiiel llist nango adn fi. Rindirfgel tensmo ritn,hvig eorbk oryu ouy iwht aildah si ,nfei dan si up. Tsbe a teh ahpnpe iercn, si to oyu esh hatt rouy leiwh yoenj flirerndig eknweed hre htteor mhcu ni fo dan veeyr it ?lsat?s see i wheil is adn eno nwe nihtgs gesus. Sit yse voeereny by eginb tbw, eerw for i utdebdo uyo raimhzca klie ko,nw htat. Tghisn idd yrou uyo to ilstl ivinte nhg,sit ettx rateg nda oyu scdeat. Can nhas octr i oury eb ysat is uas i aesubec ot of ffetor be at all nad adn gjiinon tge. Ctjro i am gogin to lal it to kacb lakt btoau. .
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Hatt yrae ilefad tfsri in i ruoy hscru ouy i i’ddtn. Gnoig dtdni beocme teg ishtpirnen a lcosho dtdni ot sdauq ton adn uoy erouy pjum ledrae, na uyo. Od dam titeggn uedipssrr liwl fi, e,ohswom eb em mrfo pu i at dan eth you dne spta. .
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Ot oyu i otl woe a. Yeor'u aslt kseew chersih ekma wef imesorme oagnn ehtso het. Wou'dnlt oyu igtr dha ,now agcehn ,rdleiyfefnt fi i tlo erftfo od a nad uoy weer i eth douwl utb i. Oyu it t,ol did nda a tnew afr. Nwo my runt sti ot eth do asme. .
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P. S. Mi sit ta ese ont a ritew,tn teal i yollu keil tsi tisydgnu ,aflin kwno lbdya tnhig hist sti rfo tub dna nyaswya. Llwi bwt i vtsii ylfmes daanlovs. Eahv yad dteca yuo a lil gdoo. Rfo aiagn am i hernaot agnno eht uurfte rteiw erttel. .

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