A letter from Jun 02, 2026

Time Travelled — about 1 month

Peaceful right?

Dear Harley, It's June 2026. You're sitting at work, your left ovary is trying to commit war crimes, you're thinking about quitting O'Reilly's after 3.5 years, and tomorrow you have an interview. Right now everything feels uncertain. Maybe you've quit. Maybe you're still there. Maybe the interview went great. Maybe it didn't. What I want to know isn't whether everything worked out. I want to know if you're proud of yourself. Did you choose yourself for once? Did you stop apologizing for being tired? Did you remember that surviving isn't the same thing as living? And most importantly: Are you still writing? Love, Harley P.S. How's the pain now? Please tell me the ovary calmed down.

Epilogue

about 1 month later

Dear Harley,
It's August 2026.
I completely forgot you wrote this.
Which feels like a very us way for this to start.
I suppose we should go in order.
You...

Eysll''iro qitu itn'dd.
Iitntgs erwe sayd got uyo if vw—eelea etafr rftae nda teher wtoer ylsfoure sday ggnoi ooches refdi eseh—irhtt noidwenrg lalnfiy ouy to eethr.
I ltel ulibeatfu saw ni dcolu i ehter lsseon you hatt smoe whis. Aephnsp h,psu a dedeen kwen ofr vensiuer aonser het ttah ro a trieehvnyg taht we.
To to gongi do ttah im' ton uoy.
Timoeessm urnvisee jstu eht gckifnu is celru.
Dna ahd teh htat rinwviete dy?a next ouy.
D'tind uyo gte bjo the.
T'ahst oaky tbu.
A ofeerdf stpionoi nrothea cueabse uoy obj. Ootk uyo ti.
Egnmara yo'ure esasl a parts onw.
Giegntt eird,f oot enve eewk 'tswan auobt a,soch nad idde den fo becseua hte rafte a jepe hte ooeshmw ahtt het.
Sey. Phee.
I wonk.
Otn'd tub acnpi. A ipolt won eavh we nhoad. Dna suor yorr shse' si rhe mane 'hsse re,d.
Saeltb hielw a neehtivgry niitwh hgecand fo pcoelu etrelt ew,esk csidoderen igtwnir os liyasabcl yuo tihs.
Ecagndh korw.
The cra edhnagc.
Hnacgde elfi.
Td'din ouy nwta hhwetre wonk wdorek aids eergihvnty otu ot yuo.
Lgda m'i asdi you that.
'ditdn wrok ,no aeecbus vnitygehre tou.
Uyo to ubt kwno mhniotesg ednawt eesl.
Produ furso?yle rea oyu fo.
Heay.
I ma yalctula.
I otn ebasuce tvigrehyne lddneha ylfretpec. I itndd'.
'rle'yoisl i gdrna out of myefsl enmomt cacnmieti soem shoce mcheadr otn cesuabe adn eyrblva in. Get mtomne 'nidtd ttah i. Htat wyaa mofr em ccoieh netka asw.
Hdapnepe to choseo i tgo ahwt tbu datrarewf.
I got up akbc.
Obj okto hte i eohrt.
A srote lndraee wen i.
Emanagr i a bcemea.
Eht uto saoitnuti egifdru i cra.
Eslbauot eht su etab to njue a hen,w kyanl,fr gngoi ofr eilwh iths deddice i etkp out fo.
Sa:k hwen so uyo.
Oeshoc idd rfo ryseoulf ?coen you.
Is awsren i eys hte khint.
Ghohttu ti oyu in hpnaep lwdou eth awy not stju.
Slil'roye' eth to heosco 'iddnt i ta ngedni egt.
I htat retfa eacm eht ti nbgingeni oeshc.
Dakes gbnie i orf osla trdei oyu eptspdo pgaloiginzo fi.
On.
Yrosr 'mi.
Listl ttha m'i noe girowkn on.
Eratt eilk gnilaif ramlo i ist' a mestoseim lslti stihaenoux. I ioemsetms ekep do eakaw tysa rhrd,ea abel inogg ohluds i hntki eb o,mer ltlsi ot okrw er,glno.
Yrgnit be us it ot ot m'i ierdnk tbu oaubt.
Hent ksd:ea you.
Did t'ins teh hitng beeremmr uoy il?ginv nrgvisuvi esam htta as.
Gttrinas nithk to i'm niaylfl i.
Hypap ethy make gnisht eodn tjsu eauebcs e'iv me.
Eirdp to gone ive'. Iomevs to 'vei egno. 'ive tle ettlli msyelf ythe aeuecbs me gtnsih lsmei buy akme ouuicsridl. Nneygulie otbua i aevh xtecied nlpsa i'm. Txen a hnet ecoykh ryirlav rntuclrey of m'i rfo kdni orpsne ilyngf gema ot etalprnyap mharc gingo rae ew wno iedosnirgnc to eseubca ot ht'sta ilifmng olatrmne tsa,nclooi sivti and hatede the itlahonm.
Ew iayl tllsi nda tanmou eforeb snoaeuabreln you nad voel ksa, an se,y ahens.
Dtno' hitngs aceghn esmo.
Hihwc nqesouti neo uyo hte irgsbn em toms eth ot riantmtpo eladcl.
Era ?inwtrig lsilt you.
Sye.
Is warsen oto ttah caledpcmtoi.
Iwhs 'tehvna i uhmc ahd wttinre i i as sa. Erehw ebne darh cttserseh hsa ebne niigrwt ahve ehret. Me fo na erteh ingwait erbnmu fro uiehifnsnd sitgnit onraud boesatlyul aer dtuspi siltl isroest.
Srsioet eht veael di'ndt but.
Theerni did i.
Cetear i tisll. Isltl utp fidn ethm yelfsm siidne i ecspei of hertcraasc nda. Etmh aeprpa i still sensec o'twn i me that ltinu ni ym head heva lveae wtih do lonae ohsentigm.
A 'mi lislt witrer.
Uyo isllt m'i.
Erowt to otqesinu eth oyu nda het naersw kniht i imyttlaule hnndereuta igentvyerh 'shtat.
Rewe june swa wtha ot ppnaeh 2 tgisnti on no wrko wtih ta ouy iade atbuo. Sheogmint newk but hganec kwon loko to gniog anch,eg ilke was ndedee dd'nti hatw ouy ot uyo.
Tomnhs illst two d'otn onkw i enxt pshneap a,rlte hwta.
Grith tub wno?.
Ereh mi'.
Idnuligb sithgeonm 'im new.
Ot tnsigh ot m'i rfarwdo kool nfngiid.
Esirvuv mi' evli fo ot emylre itrygn teaidns.
Dna yaelhr ,ahye.
Us of udpor 'mi.
V,eol.
Rylhea.
P. S. ,idd ndwo fkcu eeyutlnvla ni ,aftc the yovra the acml. Rfo kthan cnroenc yuo uroy.
P. P. S. Vaeh ilke look to nucgkfi utabo ear of xnte aide hatw oeplcu yuo ekwse eio,yrlsus the no. Ryrso acnavde in. ️❤.

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