A letter from Sep 18, 2022

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, hey! happy eighteenth birthday!! i’m actually writing this on the eighteenth instead of our actual 16th birthday, but it’s more or less two years anyway. how are things? the last couple of weeks have been really ******, and i think i’m finally slipping out of denial. i miss grandad. yesterday we were at mary and catherine’s for a bit, they’re both looking a lot older. maybe that’s just me. anyway, how was australia? only like 75 days to go for me!! i’m doing work experience at the gaelscoil right now, it’s cool. nicola referred to us both as the adults in the room and it made me giggle. are you still friends with bella, tara, tiernan, conor etc? i still hate bella’s friends but what can you do. are you in a relationship yet? how were the junior cert results? there’s still no clarification on when they’re coming out. i just hope i do well in science. do you still want to study neuroscience? i hope donall and grainne are good. hopefully mary and catherine are still around, i’m very much aware of mortality at the moment. if they aren’t, i’m so sorry. i don’t want to go to school tomorrow. we have to do boxing or something lol, would rather die. i hope life is treating you well. you (aged 16 and one day)

Epilogue

1 day later

16 year old ash, you would not believe how much has changed. those 75 days until you go to australia? not only did they go quick, but we ended up...

Emnyperntal ti logvin htta uhmc we dveom r,hee so. ,hda oyur uingdr vhea os it wsa ti nda erve ti inedrfs euubf,alti uyo the btes ,ended vene dna yuo o'yveu othhug uoy fsitr rwee pahyp ,lvoe had. Dan pprotses,c e'yhllt wne aveh ouy og onw fyleluohp t!oo lewl.
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Weer ecnteahri ryma doe,rl uyo dan rhigt are. Tfensirebd ofr stnep dan eyts,sm teh ni ehmo owingofll dl'ncuot rptopus ouy uoy edid whti dah utb ahso - eht amy, sbte nda raym go eth nfrleua dyas ryou. Ecopssr esirae mchu ptprsou steyms invyrgeeht a grsingugtl hhtguo mkeas ot tllis im' vganhi rynrcltue so t,i eevn. Siht to os veha - dcsu,ek setb utb was uyo mhuc ti ot teh yrae losa kool wfrdrao. Too lief arye of afr, asw adn innigfde rouy 71 so 81 eht iwll eb i heop omst. Otser at dan in daolnl ans'llod riebetrl ohugth sitll, lilw goceell srendif gxttnie ntanrdudes ngwkrio sit ilslt ganenri ydsginut trean,ni usmci ni hmet ggion teyh 'rwee harreadw rae we wel!l ltlsi - bundil - oronc in ie,radnl nda rae the even arylle at adn lba,el r,taa ngan'sire. Do emrmerbe lal rmetta etulssr tno wtha not e,rew hhaa etyh od ta ecrt ym i ryllea jnroiu. Erermbem ohsclo nd'itd o,ycrrcetl iksdepp if xnte we i eth ady od bg,ixno ?grtih dna the.
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Is oetnmm, nciendcov onwk it nda a nghiav ucse,rd eitm eth s'tni ubt i oghur ayrhdtib ouyr 'ueyro ta r'oeuy. Elyrfsou ot be nad and veol ngigo u'oyre eel,ppo earln to nidf ueo'yr oyu y'lolu goign lyreoufs oevnyere yuro ondrau p,yhpa ot dna. Dubm ouy ihws tbu i wirse iapspteh rhdatyisb fo yuong lslti from yu,o a adn utspdi risveon fo the. Tterbe, ti mpresoi tges i you.
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Ouy mi' fo rudop. Ttash dan htta tsarmet lal uroey' ebts iondg ruyo. Hppay ahs ayer ribtydah dol 16.

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