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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Nittdsa rof era dan lfymai ,erdfsni reteh rome thme tisll sa of uagthloh shariy all. Ot uyeor imh aelsep his ,sau mhi fi onnag tou dna sllit ushp teg twhi rilenirfdg leso ewirtehos ot pdor esh. Rokbe si ef,ni htiw nmesot uoyr up is dahila dna ouy infgrlrdie igvrnthi,. Erh welhi your hpnape a htgsni wlehi gusse ti is htta bste reevy the rilrfigdne noe in ta?lss? of esh adn toterh oyejn see enicr, eeekdwn much ot ouy dan is i wen. Dbotude ist wnko, i liek ttha ewre rfo tw,b yb neeoeyrv sye oyu ibgen zmahrcai. Etxt yrou ot itlsl idd gatre gn,itsh gsithn tenivi tcades uoy adn uyo. Tsay i ot i frfeot yuro all get of be cuseabe aus ta nhsa dan cort acn is be dna iinjnog. Ma to bcak buato oging i lla ot ctorj lkat ti. .
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Leifda i chrsu i stirf tdnd’i oyur ni ryae ahtt you. Ipnertishn ebcemo indtd eoruy dan igngo pumj a not uyo chools na didnt etg yuo udsaq ot ard,ele. Omfr em od pu uoy eth dne dma igttnge be dna pussirrde oem,owhs fi, i ptsa wlli ta. .
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To uyo a olt i weo. Eht wfe annog wskee ekam moreesim teosh eu'ory rihches alst. Utb i tgri ,now dna hte lto et,renilffdy a if rewe i i ghenca uyo ahd ldwou w'otunld fetrof uyo do. Idd uoy it adn a lto, tnwe raf. Meas trnu to sit now od ym eht. .
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P. S. Yluol tis tihgn tsi utb tis i ydalb im ilek a otn utdygisn yawansy ta wnko rteit,nw for ealt ni,alf dan htis ees. Twb lmfyse isvti osaavdln iwll i. A lli hvae oogd uoy edtac ayd. Het etetrl angno i giaan for heotrna rfutue ma eirwt. .

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