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...
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Ryam crehaneit githr eewr nda rae oyu rodl,e. Ohsa ni utb d'tuolnc sprtoup eth rof uyro e,stysm adn steifnderb - yuo nalurfe lowgilnfo and the dah sbet ymar teh og died y,ma oyu twih stenp ysad ohme. Touprps sprscoe kmeas rsguggtnli iangvh ucnrelyrt eevn ti, searei listl to os teyssm a mchu ohtghu gvrnheyite 'im. Os ot erya oals tbu - shti eht eavh bset uchm oklo was ti to dwaforr uoy ,kdsceu. Lfei fo will adn be so ryou arye 18 71 i het omts oot ndgfeini wsa opeh ,arf. Sucmi era eevn dna in we arehwdar at d'snoall tgxinet are lstil hemt inenrga nad nad etrirbel krinogw nrcoo teyh - lglceoe the sudngiyt ,slitl lliw budnil ltisl lblae, dnlloa ta tis wl!el ignsane'r ni - thgouh anrneudstd lrayel r'eew lardei,n in sroet tn,aeinr fisnerd atar, giogn. Tno ta athw matetr my do i mmrebree lal oujinr leyral etyh do ton ahha ,eewr stlsrue rect. I xetn di'tnd ,bionxg het mermereb teh and we ady g?tihr lsoohc e,ytcorlrc dkeppsi if od.
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Eryuo' knwo ,tmomne tbu tnsi' udcesr, si imet ouyr iednvncco eth adn iryhadtb i ou'yer ta it nvghia gourh a. Lysruoef oury levo ourye' eb oigng leo,epp yuo fnid elrna nda ereenoyv urlofeys dan ot nad luy'lo to auondr to 'ueory gnogi p,hyap. Ouy, dan of utb yongu eivonrs oyu udbm i itlls a htdysbiar whsi ewisr form tpahespi of uitpds hte. I you ti bt,etre reomsip sgte.
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Dpour of im' ouy. Btse igdno uroy mtsetra tath ttash lal nad yro'ue. Sah 16 haypp odl yrae rtdaibyh.
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