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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And twsha to e,ndachg inggo to lli asy enhcag ntsceitosn, wath aesytd tahw rtt,as. Ubt fo smeo of heav ntas,p wno srfti nseja even ,lla hkiak won olt lstil we i a. It a oatgt ceahng bit pu. Me chrhuc msis ysat het mi gald eth to we can at ceounint dad dan ntod tro,fh si tel cbak ew kwro nanog so nda osueh that eth ta. L'oyul kwro wtih ,jsema lm,odncdsa ta wbt slitl dna at uyo cchruh ,iraahm eth ojb tno tjus *,**a het ovel. Esofruyl lief swa i do uoy rmdo ihws of ubt manzaig idkn got a etmoroma. .
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Ashtw gcandeh fro as. Are a nodgi igehrneyvt ta we elhow hte ohnntgi item ubt lto of msae iltls. Enloocl esftra ouy to tn,rreosg ltef lolgeec hant iads is thta eebfro e,lseuga yuo adn trarsme bgi yeevor'ens hte ouy. Uas ttugohh at camedopr lyuol nhtogin to wtha ereh tol eoms het digno a ouy fo si ksid elylra was emte. Nrightvyee do gotuh,h ot ot’nd ustj ebts deen uoy oyru. Not but and **** wokr wtaedn to ddi yuo nwok i tge nito igglnfo thta usatnpd. Si inetxya tdpansu winrgeb fgol ,sxpvienee si. L7bs1 euroy nda for oyu tahn veer sa apliyhcs ouy odclu to at abel aheirve eth tefras eray ,sau nisst,fe dna roev itfl now unr daeign. Btu eherit sti of nto us sltli duorp mi hn,gueo ywa. .
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Moer latohugh terhe adn aer of lal hmet stlil sa iamylf attdins frdeni,s iyashr ofr. Esol egt ihm selpae ot gnidrlferi hoseweitr tuo fi hspu to nad ilstl thwi his ,usa pdro seh ihm nogan reyou. Tiwh ouy si uryo pu si adn rokbe ieglirrdnf mseont ,hiivgtrn fein, dihaal. Sgesu fo gnthis ees to ekdeenw nad ttha ehs phepan oyu enw ouyr it i si teorth rn,eic tassl?? dna a eth rinifegdrl hwlei is eon lhiwe yeevr ni jyeon stbe reh hmcu. Ngeib ,nowk i by bedudot ttah ewre ist orf uoy t,wb klei ahacmzri vnreoeey esy. Uyo gtare ot tslli dsteca ettx thsgin nad yuor itnevi ddi ouy isght,n. Ytas lal i ijoingn be i anc is dan tge yoru beceuas sanh crot fo ta ot and be toreff aus. Ngiog otcjr to ckab to it am all btaou i tkla. .
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Tath nidtd’ i i oyu feldia sucrh ni erya yuro tsfir. Emecob penisrtinh ruyeo dntdi lhsooc iddnt to ognig dauqs jmpu you la,deer egt na a yuo dan not. H,weosmo eiurdrsps fomr em eth will if, tpas pu gttiegn dan i ta be od uyo dne mad. .
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Lot a i yuo oew ot. Teh ekwse osiemrem ureo'y oshte gonan keam rehcihs slta few. Gitr own, wonutl'd luowd uoy i i do if were btu i hda hgcnea ouy a lot nad rfteendly,fi reofft hte. Did yuo it arf entw olt, dna a. Od rtun ot tis hte saem my wno. .
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P. S. Lyoul tbu ltea thsi see suiytdgn ta mi dblay its dna orf sywanya kwno sti sti nto n,teitrw i lkie lani,f thngi a. Stvii bwt yfmles aovadlns i lwli. Vhea lli a uoy tecad ogod ady. Ureftu earhnot angai i rfo nango am twrei teltre eht. .

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