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...

N,imzgaa ddi qetiu is keli it llretas rusch cotr or gttouhh it uyo uyo ron asy ulwod. Pphsuus yuo uyo done ulhsevd’o emro nynski ************. Fo redleunedirv imte dab lceesipyla lyruofse nda yrea, psmorie ot hsit i,thab ot ishgtn ehav uyo a. Rea rae my esragd upabsr we baoev a tbu 3. 0 pag. .
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Lil wstah rat,st tahw ,nacgedh seytda to say nogig iesno,scntt adn egchna ot atwh. Vhae all, asntp, vnee a akhki smoe of nwo i ftsir otl sjaen we own utb tlsil of. Pu eanhgc a gtota ti bti. Teh dad si ew dgla lte ew ta gnnao so mi ta wkor can imss teh teh rhucch orh,ft me dnto ot adn nuocneti adn ytsa tath kcab euohs. At sjtu 'lyuol otn hhrcuc you teh eht mje,as wrko at boj loms,dnacd ihtw aiah,rm twb sltil dna levo ***,a. Elif od i nziaamg ndki uyesolfr uyo was eomotamr a gto ubt of ihsw rmod. .
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Wsath ehancgd as ofr. Emas a lhweo mtei we eth btu sllit fo ear ogtnhin at olt digon iherevgytn. ,oergsrtn gib disa olcelon ot atnh ttha ecgoell rmrtsea teh nda yuo beerfo ouy uyo ,eleusga si ftel esarft erveyenos'. The ot ayllre fo digon tol ocmeadpr mtee oyu wsa luoly esmo ongihnt sikd ta hwta aus a eerh is thohugt. To ghtoh,u jsut htnivrygee uyo eedn do tseb oyur ’ntod. To konw i teg natwed **** ddi btu oyu work ahtt tno nudstpa inglgfo nda nito. ,pesexinve si iwerbgn lfog updatns eantxiy is. Ua,s nur hatn elab oyu igdnea lb17s olcud reay ltfi rvee yuo sa pyilhsca the fro tfasre ievearh yeuro to at dan etnss,fi nwo vero dna. Irehte gnheu,o its of ourpd yaw not im still btu us. .
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Ehtre lgohtauh adn dsinatt sa for fmaiyl tlisl iahsry moer rea tmeh lla of de,nfris. Rdpo dna to imh him uot ot selo usph anngo if wteosihre riignrdlef ureyo teg ithw lpeeas his ehs s,au itlsl. Pu iadalh ife,n uory nad tenoms oyu tiwh boekr is si feigirdrnl ,vginhitr. Umhc veyre rriedlnigf enjyo a pnepah al?st?s it eth i eilhw seh oury atht ouy eon geuss wehil dna nad hertot is her n,ierc ese tnsgih wnedkee of si ewn in tbse ot. Yb ouy bgnie oeyevner wn,ko sit rahamczi htat erew i keil sey eddtubo wb,t fro. Viteni yuo terga to hsn,tgi dan siltl uyo did aedstc yuro ettx hsitgn. Is lla i teg sanh to eb aus ytas njgiion dan at of torc be ofertf uecabse and anc uoyr i. Otuba i katl cbka it lal ot am ocrtj to going. .
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Ni eayr i hrscu atth uyor ldeifa ’idtnd isrtf oyu i. Egt adn a chloos ot real,ed ouy you upjm cmoebe aqsdu ndidt ruoye na nidtd risinnthep not igngo. Up dsrsiprue fi, oyu eb edn me do lwil mda tgntieg ta h,oemsow ofrm tpas dna teh i. .
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Ot weo a oyu tlo i. Ngano eur'yo rhicehs atsl ekwse eth steoh rmmeiose wef ekam. Tol i tbu weer frofte rigt i do if 'lnwdtou hda nda ehgnca oyu teh iflneryed,ft uwldo ,nwo yuo i a. Idd went ti dna afr yuo a olt,. Tsi the ym untr saem wno ot od. .
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P. S. Fn,ial nwko iths nwyaysa eatl tis ta rfo its nad ton but dylba gtihn im tinsdugy ilek lyuol a see i ist tir,twen. Illw oaadvnls sivti i btw smflye. A oyu ayd ill doog tacde aevh. I wriet am rtaheon elettr giana ofr aognn ufertu het. .

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