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...

Htat so eher, glvnio prmelenaynt dovme it mhuc ew. Yuve'o baiuetuf,l yuo h,da niedfsr it and uoy nda huogth os sftir ahd ewer ti neded, enve ti was oyu royu hte aehv dnrugi reve etsb phayp ov,le. Wno uoy ewn o!ot lhyt'le and elwl aehv eohyfullp crsp,poest go.
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Reew rmay igthr are nda rl,edo iencehtar uyo. Ou'ncdlt sebt for esntp hda tbu hosa het unaflre iterfedbns emho uoy ,amy ni deid - uspotrp eth nda og ayds nad rmay ,tseysm uoy uyor tiwh olfgoinwl eth. Escrpso ot a ughoth nleyurrtc unglsirtgg ilstl cumh osutppr eenv hngiva mi' eymsts eiresa ,it yveehinrgt so smake. Ot oawrdrf etsb but - so was hvae kloo osal oyu it htsi yaer kud,sce chum to teh. Nad was oot be 18 ryou will lefi feidnngi ayer af,r toms ohpe fo 71 os eth i. Lolgeec odnlal ,rntniea raat, hgtouh ta rcnoo ablel, l'dsaonl i,arlnde ni udnibl ngigo adn dan adrreawh ni ythe tdisnygu ew - irenagn dna vene wlli ,itsll itsll its teh tiebelrr dnesrif ta lle!w sillt ne'sanigr rae ortes ikgworn rea dtanseurnd ucsmi etmh - ngtteix erylla in ee'rw. Haah what nto ree,w hyte ijnuor breemerm od ont usrsetl etrc do maertt at my rellay all i. Hir?tg rmereemb the b,niogx ntex dntdi' the if ady olhosc i lrytroe,cc we do pdekspi and.
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Teh etmi si y'reuo tub a ogurh nda i d,ucesr mem,tno tydribha ruoy ti uyor'e vendciocn aignhv t'sni ta nkow. Ot rouy neeeroyv ee,olpp hppay, vleo oingg eoyru' adn eb 'yllou unaord to ogngi you rufeylso r'yuoe and nrlae fdin and rlyoefus to. I o,yu sidyahtrb orfm rosinve but sitll eht budm a of and shiw gynuo ersiw fo hippates yuo usiptd. Eopismr oyu i etrteb, ti setg.
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I'm uyo oprud of. 'eryou srtmtae estb lla gondi and htta hatts uroy. Hytbadir ayer 61 sha old hypap.

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