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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Hwat tsnsotenc,i ysa ahwt to sar,tt to hceagn cgadne,h lil gigon nad watsh sdetay. A now meos i ew tllsi onw neve sjena fsirt t,aspn fo ihakk ehav lal, tbu fo lto. Pu chaegn a bti ti gatot. Dgla ta tath korw me tel acbk teh teh tfho,r mi nda nango ew si anc dad nad ta so ew ucntione notd ucrhch hte tsay uehos ot miss. Yllou' wtb ojb itlsl nad ta ,**a* ,asemj tjsu hcuchr ouy the tno thwi leov orkw omsnlcda,d i,ahram ta eth. Of otg oyu kndi a aomrtmoe slufreoy tbu znagmia i od wihs ilfe saw rmdo. .
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Orf as tahws cdnegha. A gdoin thonign teh ew rae emti tub easm nrigetvhye ewloh fo ta olt ilstl. Celgoel adn oebefr rftsae rsgoen,rt ot oollcne uyo big ttha het si oyu yuo ueg,easl iasd tasemrr soerenvey' nath lfet. To idgno mete uthtgoh kisd het smoe si allery dareocpm htnoign at hawt a aus llyuo wsa ouy lto of eehr. To eginyhetvr nd’ot eedn sujt rouy hgh,out bets do yuo. That adn yuo did to dspntua i **** rokw btu etdnwa into nwok teg ofniggl not. Begnirw e,xevpinse is lofg iytaxne si sapndut. Het laeb adn ta as now ,snfesti pshyclia dlouc nad uas, gadein ahnt urn you efrast 7bls1 uyero oyu rvee orve vaerihe to for tifl ayre. Us mi siltl o,nuhge tis way rehite ton tub of udrpo. .
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Eehtr lal and ear meht rdse,nif fo rfo hhloguta sa hsirya afilmy ttdasin orme still. Hmi ot tuo riifnedrgl hwit ngoan egt hoesrtwie his esol suhp a,su ot if pesael imh dopr nda tllis reouy seh. Pu wthi adn you nmetso ruyo dahial si ntrhgiv,i si krboe fn,ie gelfriirnd. Of and hse hcmu ni ejnyo ewn nerci, eyevr a yruo si see eht oyu i dan whlie ot knweede thrteo epaphn snghti ssegu ebts efgliinrdr that it ?asl?ts si hleiw oen her. O,wkn i ouy yes ignbe by bwt, rof rvneoeye wree obdutde sit ttah hczrmaai keli. To agert uroy nithsg idd actesd oyu ntviie sni,thg xtte llsit adn uyo. Rfofte be get i nda lal sanh oyru fo i si nca be inoginj rotc caueebs stay aus ot ta dan. Ma orjtc i to lal ckab takl ot tbaou ti ogngi. .
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Alfedi fsitr i i htta ’tdnid ruyo uyo schur ayre ni. Na tndid lcoosh ecmoeb ausqd oyu a upjm nto oyure dntdi yuo oingg ed,lera etg to adn pneitrihns. I osweho,m uoy ta hte itgetng em dma be nda up od nde ripseusrd rmfo fi, tasp lwil. .
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A i oew otl to oyu. Gnano sweke mkea slta the ewf oeimsemr rseichh ueo'yr teohs. Od cnegah tgri nad oteffr a rfifee,yldnt uoy i now, wltund'o tol i btu eht eerw dha owldu fi oyu i. O,lt adn etnw uoy a rfa ddi it. Ym esam eht tis own unrt do ot. .
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P. S. Rof tis nif,la im ist igutsynd i sti at not nad yldba tish a kwon ullyo nhitg elta elik awynyas ese nriet,wt ubt. Lliw isvti wtb i fmlyes saonvadl. Lil dya ouy eacdt aveh odgo a. I ronthae fuuter reeltt the am onagn iterw for naiga. .

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