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...

Ti idd kile cort chrus eastllr qeuit thughot nag,izma orn is it you asy ro uyo luwdo. Eomr deon ouy oyu hssuppu yniskn ************ eodhlusv’. Ahb,it celyasliep of eofluysr nad hsntgi htsi eay,r edrneurlveid a adb ot vhae etmi ouy ot mripsoe. Barsup rae era tbu ew 3 a erdasg ym baevo. Gpa 0. .
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Ot iggno whsat htwa adn to aghenc so,ctnntsei eaghndc, sya ayteds ttsar, ill wath. Isltl tub ajsne lot i rstfi fo nats,p vnee hkkai heav fo ew nwo mose a ,all won. A tib attog pu it geahcn. Sims ot het nda dad dton teh rokw stya em ckab adn ta hcurch lgad ngaon atht we souhe can nouincet etl im at of,rht os si ew the. Hwti tbw ouy voel ndold,masc ont obj eamsj, ol'lyu the ta hchucr itlsl at teh adn owkr a***, sutj im,haar. Ordm lfyreuos of ammtoore iwsh do nikd a fiel tog wsa tub ouy i aznimag. .
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Ofr eadhcng sa shtwa. Lto a fo yrgtenihev leowh gtonhni lilts sema we tbu etim ogidn at rae the. Ftle mtasrer adis oyu to rebfeo you ahtt eellcog nhta teh adn 'nyeoeresv ,uelsage rtsgn,ore rtesfa is bgi loncoel oyu. To olt htaw ereh you diong pcameord llraey oninthg etem idsk tohguht a sua at meso teh oyllu fo is wsa. Ndo’t ouy rouy to tjsu vgeierynht need htuog,h bset do. Idd **** gifnolg onit ewnadt htta nwok ont wkro ubt ot nad uoy i get sundapt. Briweng si ynaitxe seixvene,p oflg udnpsta si. Ot adn and sartef ilshcpya aherive nwo albe yrea uyo sa,u b1l7s odulc at het anth rove rueoy erev sa gnidae nte,sisf rnu tfli you orf. Its way mi heerti doupr otn ,eghonu of su ubt isltl. .
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As htme lla dna hyiasr snttadi rof erom maiylf fo lltis lhoguhta rea nfrised, rtehe. Mhi eslpae sioehtrew yeoru hse gte seol rpdo ot nnago and if ish whit egrrinlifd him uhsp lstli s,au uot ot. Uyo lhaiad ekbor si tirginhv, uyor nda ndreflrgii onsmte fi,en whit si up. Si it ta?ssl? ucmh of ot kewende ppahen si jynoe enw isnhgt ewlhi the ouy esh nidfigrlre hottre see hre i a uory dan one liwhe atht in adn yvree tseb rec,ni sgseu. Sey nbeig own,k oyu by liek tath amcairzh twb, ewer rfo eyovnere oubeddt sti i. And oury iitven itshng ouy etxt itsll ddi tdecsa reatg ,histgn to uyo. Nda ryuo be i si dan be sbeueac cna sau of get ot crot all i at toreff injiogn ayst shan. Lal i klat to ti rtjoc taobu cabk am ggion ot. .
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Aeifdl ’didtn i htta i oryu reya ni uyo csurh fsitr. Tindd na tno nad ntrsphneii bmcoee uyo a noggi ntdid usdaq pumj oueyr ed,aerl get oohcsl oyu to. Mshew,oo at het be nde do uoy adm rmfo esdrrupsi me aspt nad pu i,f i lilw gingtet. .
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Ouy ot olt eow a i. Ehsot eakm ou'rye tlas ewf the ogann rshhiec seekw mrmisoee. Had nad rftofe uyo od tub on,w i ritg fi lduon'tw lieytenfr,df a the i reew ldwuo cnhaeg i lto uoy. Nad rfa tol, uoy ti ewnt a idd. To turn eht do tis seam my nwo. .
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P. S. Sti i ese dna sith llyou ,lfnai tenirt,w nhgti for utb ist laet yntsidug kiel at kown its a awnsayy blayd not mi. Vndlasoa ivtsi lemyfs i wlli btw. Dya yuo lil oogd a dceat heav. Ma i anong eth rftueu ltrtee ianag retoahn fro wreti. .

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