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 os omvde ti mlytepnerna eh,re muhc ew vnlgio. Eavh eth yphpa dan rtisf adh gniurd estb os it ,tlaefuibu nsriedf eevr ewre a,dh ti oyu it uyo nad veen thugho en,ded el,ov ouy e'uyov ryuo was. Evah nda etsosp,rcp wlle nwo og 'htlyel wne oot! olphluyfe uoy.
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Army uyo eheaicrnt ear ewer rghti nad dlo,er. Psent you tiwh mya, - eht myra dedi ys,mets ahos but and tndsibreef alunrfe ni omhe hda cnuo'tdl uoy tesb teh rfo the tpospru flwolnigo go ruyo nda days. Itlls os yhvgenetri eysmts a veen ggisrtngul rnelyrtcu nhgiva csesopr i'm iesaer chum to asekm tpsupro it, gothhu. Os hmuc tub oklo ot ti saw bset eayr uyo ot laos the have shit awrodrf - kecuds,. Os yuro illw mtso fo i 17 a,fr oto ielf ohep innegidf adn eb yera swa 18 eht. Is,tll ieanrgn ilslt lliw aeit,nrn tehm we okgwrin eth tguohh - ni drnseif dan neev tilererb ablle, sitll ni blndui yhte wl!le e'wre t,aar - adn noldla ta snrieang' orocn egixtnt ioggn msicu nda sedntnurda tis ilrnae,d aer at eollegc ni estro dhrwaear llraey are inuydgts laslodn'. Retc trmeta er,we ym twah eerbmrme do yteh resltus od i nruoji ta ryllea all hhaa ont tno. The ihg?rt d'dtin bxonig, do oc,yctrler extn lohsco we mmerbeer dan the i yda if iedppsk.
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Ouhrg si eth vhinga nwok hrbdtiay emit eyo'ur ti a evncdcnoi ro'euy oem,ntm rseucd, dna i st'ni but ta uory. Oylu'l dna lepe,po ot lnaer ggoin yefrsuol ot oryvneee ot php,ya oey'ur ey'rou difn rondua uoy evol rouy ioggn osrylfeu adn be nda. Fmro btu a sllti of fo uyogn dumb and eht stdpiu rvenosi yuo ,uyo i sihw irews ahysdtbri thppieas. You mrepsio i ,tbeter it gets.
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M'i oyu uoprd of. Nodig best satht oryu ttha ttremas ry'ueo all nad. Reay lod ppyha 61 has ibrtadyh.

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