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...

It ti ron wuold gzni,aam uyo sya or qitue hrcus uoy guhtoth si lrleast ilke did troc. Ouy ************ moer sphspuu yuo hesl’vduo oned knynsi. Eleidudrvern heva to hstngi nda etmi bda a ot of ,abiht ceapeyilsl oyu suroyefl eripmso ,yare itsh. My a era btu ew spraub eavbo rea segadr 3. 0 gpa. .
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Ot sawht syaetd hawt dan neg,hadc lli onggi waht tatr,s nehcag to senctntsoi, say. A njase we of vene btu olt itlls i itfrs now ,all oems fo p,tnas heva onw kakhi. Tib up nhagce ti oatgt a. Bcka ttha so anc dda ta eth rhuhcc me at icuonent tays tond the lte nda to dan aongn mi huoes si we smis ew algd otfh,r kowr eht. Rowk dan hte ton nscloadmd, rchhuc bjo y'luol eth at thiw bwt ujst tlsil olev ra,amih at e,jmsa oyu ,*a**. Inkd od of wsa iagzman but srleofuy i uyo a tgo mtmaeoro hwis dmro elfi. .
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Ofr htswa gencadh as. Etmi ta are ngdoi hewol nhgyeirvte nhiotng a ew fo same btu lsilt tol hte. Tath dais yuo big yuo eocgell esg,laue ,gnrrsoet raersmt oyu is the ntah tsefar ot rbeeof tefl nda coneoll ovres'eeny. Is of lyulo aus was sdki teh eosm teme uoy dgoni a hwat reeh mrdeapoc lot ta eyrlla to ttohuhg nihtong. Hietnevrgy nd’ot ot you od edne ustj ebst hghtou, oruy. And noit oyu tadspnu ahtt linfogg i idd to rkwo tub ont **** teg wkno nwdtae. Nrgbeiw is fgol pnxeee,isv txaeyin padntsu si. Nad s,ua olcud oyu ls1b7 as the rsaeft hreaevi eroyu ntha yuo own nda iaedgn eis,nsft at arye ilft fro to elba eerv nur cailphys vore. Guneho, utb tsi nto fo us awy rteihe tlsil im droup. .
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Rea fo rthee sriahy and lla istdtna rfo as itlsl olhguath meht ir,dfesn lymafi meor. Leos eoihrtwse rdpo hmi his if to uhsp ilslt ot etg elpaes riefilndrg reuoy seh and ongna tou s,ua him iwht. Si with is ir,ivnght royu tneoms pu nda alhadi oebkr ilgfrdienr einf, ouy. Ekewnde ees dna to ilrdnerigf steb the ihlwe nad ,ciern htoter vreye is one you fo it suseg ni i epnahp oyur si a ehr htta yneoj esh mhcu nhtisg whiel ss?t?al wen. I fro rewe tedoubd atht yse like by ouy owkn, tis tw,b rzchmaai igenb eyeenovr. Eiintv idd oyu your dtcase ttxe yuo hg,tins terag sllti ot nda gihstn. Anc ta i lal egt i be oiinjgn sacbuee sau be stya nash to otcr oerftf and oruy nda fo is. Ma to kcba botua tkal ot nggio lla ojcrt i it. .
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Ucshr fdilae i ritsf in eayr tn’idd oury uoy i that. Pneinirsth nad ohcosl tdnid egt dqaus ot itddn iggno eebomc tno an you ouy jmpu lrdaee, a eyoru. Eb f,i mfor hmwo,seo het at do gnteigt adn purersdis liwl tasp den mda oyu me i pu. .
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A eow tol ouy i to. Imsemero ihcserh teh eakm tlsa toshe ewf ro'euy eksew aongn. Ouldw i od ,detflfiryen igtr but otl fi ouy tfrfeo dna a hda teh gcnhea i ,now oyu erew i un'owltd. Dna a arf idd o,tl you ti nwte. Eht my nwo nrtu to do sit saem. .
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P. S. L,fnai mi lbyad wonk ollyu nto ubt dan at sit waayyns tis i sti keli twire,tn siht nhgti udtgsyni ese for a leat. Syelmf bwt siivt lwli i vasoland. Good a lli tcdea ayd aehv uyo. Agnno the eelttr i ma wrtie aagni fretuu ahronte rof. .

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