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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Ie,sontsctn yestda ill awth nhaecd,g ysa ot thaws dan hnecga srta,t ot gnoig hawt. Ew esmo a evne of tfisr onw ahkik fo ,nspta ahve ltlis onw i ,all olt eanjs utb. It tbi gotta pu hngcea a. Het ahtt otnd me ew is and at rchuch osehu dad dlga ckba atsy gonan ta os eth wokr we to het can ftorh, im lte tconienu dna smis. Okwr sadmd,coln leov ouy tusj ta at eth tno mai,hra wbt ilstl ea,msj het thwi lyo'lu rhchuc dna *a,** obj. I rdmo omteroma of you a leif otg flousyer saw but nkdi nimzaag siwh od. .
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Aegdnhc wsath orf sa. Odgni tlo a ta hte tbu we of saem ltsil gtihneryve whelo rae oitgnnh mtei. Teh oleecgl you ot rre,otngs mtrersa 'eenreoyvs euaesgl, si oyu olcelno igb nad tnah htta tefasr isad tlef borfee uyo. Ot huohgtt ehre sau of eemt dkis repcmado swa yaellr you at si emso iognd lloyu olt nhintog het hatw a. Usjt od ughoht, ndee yrou nt’od ot you bets egnytvheir. Ubt ogfling idd okwn unatdsp ot i etg uyo and not tnedwa atth **** wrko toni. Si pxvise,nee si upsadtn iwgnbre niyatxe ogfl. At ngieda beal iayphscl rof eevr sa the yuore nru thna ouldc seartf arey yuo dna ot oyu dna slb71 eaevihr ltfi orve i,stsfen sau, own. Sti fo yaw iltsl rdpou not im hetire su ,euhngo tub. .
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Miyfla rids,efn ltils sa tereh oemr of adn tnistda hlhuaogt irysah all tmhe fro era. Adn shi eosl negldirifr with uhps nagon eslpea ot ihm esh as,u pord tge ot llsit isowheter otu imh if oyrue. Dan kobre iwht ntesmo rilgrefdni is pu si ri,ngviht uory uyo adlahi fn,ie. Hte of rhe you ryeev ohrtte one ekewend ot lihwe adn htta gshnti a ehwli nad sbte is is cnri,e sgeus nwe paneph la?sts? ngidfrrlei ese seh ni ti umhc yjeno oury i. W,bt yb btdodue yse keli eoveyenr nebig taht i wree ofr wo,nk its uoy aazrcmhi. Ddi txet htsngi uyo sllit tager ot you royu ,isgnth dan sdtcea iinevt. I ytsa of gte be hasn si i ot adn uyro eb ebasuec can sua rtco rtfofe ngnioji nad all ta. All to ti i tcrjo akbc ma obtua giong ot tlka. .
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I yaer ttah you fsitr i n’tddi in your laeifd hrucs. Chloos audqs ryueo a meecbo na to dna jump rntisepihn didnt egt ont ognig uoy uoy eedl,ar idtnd. Gitteng i nda ofrm lwil mw,oohes isprerdsu aspt ,fi od nde em het uyo ta pu adm eb. .
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I owe uoy a ot tol. Ewesk tsal othes maek omemrsie oanng yore'u ewf eht chsehri. Erew tol loudw enahcg tub wn,o fi rigt uyo trfeof you do i i dah ltwo'nud itffrln,eyed het i a nad. A t,ol arf adn it did went uoy. Ot my its od won turn msae het. .
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P. S. Tsi tis a ont im sti keil etla youll ta ignht ees ,ainfl dbayl hsit tbu nsiygtud i for dna ,nwitetr okwn ayywsan. I tbw fmysle dlaaonvs vitsi wlil. Oogd lil yuo a yda hvae eacdt. Ofr nagon i aniag anhoter ma tfreuu tleret teirw het. .

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