A letter from Jun 02, 2026

Time Travelled — about 1 month

Peaceful right?

Dear Harley, It's June 2026. You're sitting at work, your left ovary is trying to commit war crimes, you're thinking about quitting O'Reilly's after 3.5 years, and tomorrow you have an interview. Right now everything feels uncertain. Maybe you've quit. Maybe you're still there. Maybe the interview went great. Maybe it didn't. What I want to know isn't whether everything worked out. I want to know if you're proud of yourself. Did you choose yourself for once? Did you stop apologizing for being tired? Did you remember that surviving isn't the same thing as living? And most importantly: Are you still writing? Love, Harley P.S. How's the pain now? Please tell me the ovary calmed down.

Epilogue

about 1 month later

Dear Harley,
It's August 2026.
I completely forgot you wrote this.
Which feels like a very us way for this to start.
I suppose we should go in order.
You...

R''siyelol quit 'ditnd.
Ynlfial tfera ggion usyflero wrote ouy ittgins eerth syad ouy ohoecs ogt to nad —veaewel edrif if dsya ehtre t—ethihrse tearf rwee gnwrnoeid.
Uyo i i that olcud aws in ihsw osnsel rethe eltl meso utuflabei. Orf ro eneded a wenk a we aornse gvyertnehi hatt anpeshp atht husp, suievenr the.
I'm to uyo ot ttha tno od oigng.
Hte cknuifg tsju inruvese is tsomeiesm lercu.
Dy?a atht ahd texn hte adn you inriwteve.
Jbo gte het 'dtdni uoy.
T'shta tub ykoa.
Ouy eubceas ojb ointispo a nteroah odffree. Ti ktoo yuo.
Nwo ou'ery rptas slsae mnargae a.
Ewmsooh ,hosac hte f,irde oot gttnige nde tfrea fo tabou hte that the and peje eceabus a eevn ddie ekew an'wts.
Sey. Eehp.
I wokn.
No'dt iapnc ubt. A aevh ew oltpi ndhoa won. ,edr nda is s'hes maen 'essh rhe oyrr srou.
Cpueol os vetenghriy aislclyab gchneda rtelet esdiocdner wiigrnt of a shit uyo lhwei ltaesb wesek, ithwni.
Dhaecgn wkor.
Teh dancegh arc.
Angdceh lief.
Uoy 'tnidd otu yuo wnok idas tanw rteehhw to eowkdr ghienetryv.
I'm dias ahtt lgad you.
Rwok n,o eaebcsu trvgehiyen uot td'ndi.
Hnisegtmo ot oknw btu uyo wdeatn esel.
Of pdour aer you eu?orlsyf.
Hyea.
I actaulyl ma.
Rcyteelfp nto usbaeec erngvityhe eahdlnd i. I tiddn'.
Scoeh dgnar fo rhmceda in i sbuaeec ysflem soem yelrios'l' tno tuo yaebvlr iectcnaim moentm and. I nteomm that etg 'tidnd. Waya saw rfom ttha em netak hcicoe.
I ubt ot tog aedrfarwt eosoch adppeenh htwa.
Pu kbca got i.
Etroh took ojb the i.
I a ernlaed new etrso.
A aecmbe amrnega i.
Dreuifg i hte car itnatuois uto.
Us etkp wileh of ofr ot bauleots eth a,fnylrk h,enw ecddedi ggnio jnue tish out a i eabt.
Uoy :ska os enhw.
Uyrefslo oyu on?ec idd oshcoe ofr.
Naewrs si hte tinkh i sey.
Totghuh uyo wdluo ni teh stju ayw pheanp not it.
Ta ylirsoel'' het itdn'd gte i to seocho deginn.
Ti i teh tath hseco tafre ceam giningbne.
Orf ptdsope uyo fi kdsae inzggioapol osla i eitrd eginb.
No.
Im' rryos.
Kiworgn i'm on hatt eno isllt.
Nfiglai xsaitonuhe mtmieoess i lslti liek a rlaom treta sit'. Elab weaka ekep tills more, i od stay hdslou i msosimtee be ot e,ahrrd orkw oging goe,nrl hintk.
Be drknei btu to 'mi us touba ot ti yitrgn.
Uyo :dasek ehtn.
?ivlngi tni's teh gsivrnvui meerbmre ouy did ahtt tnhig sa asme.
'mi sitngart yillfna nkiht i to.
Etyh meak ithgns pyhap 'ive eond stuj em eesbacu.
Ot pride egno ve'i. Ot mvisoe 'evi oeng. Csebeua they hnsitg ouuicsdrli uby me elt yelfsm ltetil akme esmil 'iev. Pnsal atoub iuynngeel m'i i dxetiec veah. Rnidncoesig a we tiivs chamr of oggni to meag rea celryutrn linyfg teh dkin usebeac tehade ot tanrmleo sta'ht rof snao,tocil now mi' ot alrryiv eonsrp lmignif ehnt etnx dna yckohe lhtoniam neptrlaayp.
Dna ,sey ,sak noebanslarue snhae uatonm adn eofrbe ouy we loev ltsil liya na.
D'ont omes sntigh ceangh.
Me nttmrpaoi eon hte dalecl wcihh tnqosieu tsom het srngbi to uyo.
I?wgtnri tlsli ouy era.
Yes.
Hatt tpaicedmlco si oot aersnw.
I mchu hda i ta'nveh hisw as i ittnewr as. Rteeshtcs weerh ebne iitrngw dhar have bene rehte sah. Of me roduan ltlsi na buermn rosiest rae fedhinnius rof uiptds tiwgnai hrtee ttigsni bysluateol.
Eeavl ddnt'i tossrei tub eht.
Ihneetr i idd.
Sltli treeac i. Mslfey i indesi fndi fo etmh utp nad llsit srtacahrec cpiese. Nltiu aveh mhet i n'wot em eealv ltsil oneal ni atth my edha do pepara i simteoghn ithw ssneec.
'im wtreri siltl a.
Uyo m'i iltls.
Eht unarhteend elutimatyl dna to eoutsnqi tknih satth' ortwe giehytrnev wearsn uyo i hte.
Ewre ouy no whti ubtoa gtitnis nuej 2 daie rkow no ta to was tawh penaph. Hgcane, but kolo ot knwo ouy oyu saw nggoi ditnd' ot hiomntgse gcehna wtah kiel enedde newk.
Artle, wto xnte snppeah htaw ondt' i wnko tsill osnhmt.
?nwo tghir ubt.
Eher 'mi.
Dibgniul new im' mngishoet.
I'm difngni rrfodaw loko to ot gshnti.
Of i'm iuevsrv erlmye tinygr tnseiad viel to.
Y,aeh nda larhey.
Fo su pduor mi'.
L,oev.
Halrye.
P. S. Fkcu oyarv ni ac,tf dnwo leleaunytv the did, lmca the. Ruoy yuo thkna noncrec rof.
P. P. S. Ehva ouy seioursy,l to twah rae kgnfuic peclou okol on eekws oatbu aeid kiel the tnxe fo. In rorys eacvnda. ️❤.

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