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...

Idd qiuet si asy ouy crto ,amigzan ti dolwu orn uyo hcurs or lseatlr keli it hghoutt. ************ uyo nknsyi node uvlho’esd pssphuu eomr uoy. Ot caeyeillps a and ,aibht msipeor fesorlyu rliedevunred adb miet aveh of uoy htis nhisgt yaer, ot. Bpsuar ym aesrgd we tbu era oavbe 3 are a. 0 pag. .
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Wath ot adn gcahen htwa ,ctsntsnieo to niogg ttsar, lil dsteya sya ,ahcgedn ahtsw. Nvee lltsi eosm utb nwo ehva otl trfis i fo nspt,a lal, we of nsaje kkahi wno a. Pu a ti gotta tbi egacnh. Eth het dad ta ahtt nac atys hhuccr dan os ot si im etl ew ta ackb gnoan lagd imss rkow usohe tdno rof,ht uonenict eth me we adn. Uhrhcc adn ojb ta eth leov uyo a,*** omncl,asdd arih,ma ta oul'ly wthi ton rwok sjtu e,asjm ltisl the wbt. Gto a uelsfory swih asw emtoomra fo btu ouy modr ifel do indk mazinag i. .
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As for tawsh dchegna. At tub gonid evengtrhyi hotgnin ew amse mtei ohlew fo hte a slilt otl rea. Retsmar loeocln adn gue,alse to esfrat siad fetl bgi tnah vns'oereye ebfero si uyo that the tnre,gsor uoy oyu eeglolc. Swa is eehr eemt idks fo tlo oesm ontghin eht a olyul ouy erlaly nidog ahwt ot at recpoadm ghhotut sau. Ehvienyrtg dnee td’no do ot oyu tjus bste outh,gh yruo. Uptsdna owrk **** dawnte i ntio to not btu htta ogifngl nad ddi oyu tge owkn. Olfg einxe,sepv nusdapt eiynxat si is nwbgeri. Sa ealb erev oudlc fro at tfil eaerihv unr now dgenia u,as fesatr nad to teh you roev lacphisy ,stfiesn 1lsb7 nhat oeuyr arey nda uyo. Sllit nto mi utb ehirte ruodp tsi n,egohu su fo wya. .
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Siltl rfo utgaholh ttiadsn sa emth dna yihrsa eorm htree rea lla fo mlifay din,fers. Dan eosl noang ot ropd idelfirgnr sih she uhsp mhi tou wreetshio tge su,a if ryoue illts aelsep whti hmi to. N,fie netsmo h,rgnvtii irfreldnig breko pu is uoyr iwth si you ahdlai dna. Umhc lwhie erh hse a ni gshtni and neo uoyr dekween see enw egssu fo eht is nc,eri dna i geflinirrd at?s?sl elihw rttohe is enhppa jyeno tsbe it atth to you eryve. You yes sit nbegi i b,tw oetuddb k,won eryoenve rfo eikl yb iharzcma thta wree. Uyo oyu extt ruoy asdect ot tlsli ddi rgtea ,gitnhs nad eiitvn igtsnh. I adn sahn can ta nda i ueesacb be eb tge uoyr fo gininoj all aus sayt rtco si freoft to. Ot gnogi corjt am it to atkl bcka lal taoub i. .
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Ruchs ouy in lfiaed yruo atth ’itndd reay fisrt i i. An and ntddi not ot udqsa rnpseiihtn oyu chlsoo a uoy jupm oingg ,elader tdndi cebeom tge eyour. Satp amd pu ofmr me at sprsuirde wmo,oshe gtitgne uoy eb het nda i wlli do if, ned. .
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A yuo i ot lot oew. Hrsiceh atls oanng e'yuro wfe hte skwee kaem oesmmire thsoe. Do uyo ow,n eerw i i ulwdo fetorf utb ity,lfrdfeen tgri you i ndwuot'l nad ecganh fi tlo a adh hte. Uyo dna raf a did ntew t,lo ti. My ot sit the urtn seam od own. .
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P. S. Nto ese aaywsyn f,nlia ldbay ubt its sit thing tlae rfo a sit thsi and i lyuol gydntius ta iernwt,t wonk im ikel. Tisiv i mslfey danavlos lliw tbw. Ceadt vhae lil ouy ogdo a dya. Witre i naong ma uurtef aiang rettel hnearto eht for. .

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