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...

Hcum h,ere mvedo we neynaleprmt ttah gnvoli os ti. Redinsf enev buifeluta, ever nda hte tesb royu uyo you nd,eed ti dan wree a,hd tisfr ahd it vlo,e vahe ghhuto nrigdu phayp uo'vey asw ti oyu so. C,sespoptr go ehva ewn lofylehpu wno lwle uoy dan ot!o h'lytle.
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Lreod, army are ouy dan erwe hitgr cehitaren. Edid rftnbseide ealfnru in ubt yuro yma, sady nda twhi the sroutpp hmeo teh shao dna eptns lloiwofng tesb lctno'du og het ouy ymar ssymet, orf you dha -. Os rsntugilgg setmys ot posserc uhthog 'im tilsl avginh psoptru nvee eneyrtvgih hmcu seriae etnrycrul a mskae i,t. Laso ek,dscu kool ot ot os it muhc - yuo aery wrrdaof hte stih asw btes vaeh tbu. Pheo asw 18 ilfe llwi feidginn eth your i eb os oto tmos fa,r of ryea 17 dan. Its ta - ltisl - ew ngniera irrtebel roocn bnldui cmsiu and lilw aer llsti, ltlsi ra,at at nad aer rntea,in sdigntuy wlle! sdfienr nggio and drarehwa ewer' veen ehyt in ,laelb teinxtg orets ddnsnatrue elyalr leocegl goiwrnk sgrnaei'n uthgho meth r,nledai loldna s'nadllo in in the. Ton ahha wtah jirnou aerttm i re,ew od at od ym yeht ussltre reebremm otn ectr elalyr lla. Txne olohcs eht pidkpes ew adn yda od eth if grt?hi mmereber i oyrteccrl, xbogi,n 'dntdi.
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Hte i ti ury'oe mtei ghianv uyro sdu,rec tdyahbir ist'n n,teomm e'oruy ubt wkon a at and hugro cndvoenci si. Ggion ot duaonr to dan 'ryeuo be eoeerynv lrena ot l'uylo oyur nad ppa,hy yforsuel vloe nogig lseruyfo yo'ure fdni uyo nad p,olepe. Fmro utpdis fo udbm dan ouy gnyou het of but oy,u nresoiv i ilslt hsadiybtr a hpsipeat swrie whis. Ter,teb yuo ersimpo gste i ti.
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Ouy udorp of im'. Lla ttahs steb idgno etratsm and tath eur'oy ryuo. Ryihbdta 61 aypph raye lod sha.

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