A letter from September 3rd, 2018

Peaceful right?

Dear FutureMe, It's funny, so much has changed since September 2017 to now that I don't really know who I'll be in 3 years time. I will have finished university, will be probably living in Glasgow for a year maybe? or back to brighton? or somewhere else completely? If things stay the same... then I assume you'll still be friends with Jack and Molly (who will be in their final year? if molly does take a year out) I hope you're still friends with them, and the others of course... ...Lily, Sadbh, Jake, Jackie and more lovely people. But who are you? Are you still an overthinking anxious mess? questioning your pitiful existence and self worth? do you have a respectable set of skills now? did you get an okay mark in your degree which you've now finished? (congratz by the way!) jesus was the dissertation alright... hope you survived it. do you read more? I've read some good crime this summer and am going to read silence of the lambs next, I hope you enjoy it. Watch some good films? anything groundbreaking come out soon? good music too I hope, you better have some amazing playlists! Still love electronic music! fourtet! so beautiful! so much great stuff to hear.. anything huge happened in the world? whose the current president of the US? what happens to Trump? what happens to brexit? oh shit am I not in the EU anymore!!! wow theres just too much to discuss, send love to everyone in your life illumahotties...hope it hasn't been too long your lovely amazing beautiful parents brother billy grandparents! incredible humans love rosa! please send more of these to distant future!

Epilogue

3 days later

Hey Rosa

So god yeah … three years later … well covid happened and interrupted my final year a bit!! Barely got to submit any work but surprisingly did well...

’entvah raelly ckylu my neeb ni eyrlal btu lla ir!ottsdse!n!ai eth luyiclk ,yaok so taht lil !!a!sp!!t otehlnsy flees os tbu slto was uory tub lpopee ni of raf sse’h umm. .
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In ym leeypmoltc of nda iidclssenpi wno ’yveuo nrtmoiaa ahev cihwh rneev wno ergede did oscolh an si yeuo’r tayapenrlp rat esmgoihtn - gaehncd ou’yd dmdraee. Cwhih uoy aiminanto si ni adn fo !ue!!!oyrf!ls leourfsy wolko!dcn yevr os oclo roeyu’ hutatg roudp.
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Hte siivt ear uyo hetm mslyto stlli lal pu oyr’ue ridfsen, ptek tol nad wgosgal rthee evyuo’ tfneo. In esoesdnrip pyedla aeht and ohw uoy nadki a oyur ibg excpet kjca tpar. . Htt’sa own tsoyml hwihc lal !am!!z!an!i!!g is ogen tub.
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Eht adn os nayxtei morf esls e’uoyr deard rowth rpyett slciao paart mroe ltso teaixesnilt dcsearnie ,eratg sefl.
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Crniamea a ssel ohdep, ryae i’d i ntah read itb wichh sodg derniga siht asw ertga. ’dtdin swyaal lla the koob wchih opnterrnaieitt to too fuck mind ph,oplhiosy etidnms adrere sackj fo hsi is tosel tguhho! i hahhaaahhh pcyo rreead ahcnmtwe s’ti decukf csm’au wnod of eht itedruos suesg hte si gret!a teh. Dhlsuo i shcaritas ubnr lslit ti rof. .
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Tepyrt onigg rateanpndsgr tlsil npetasr eetbtr os ’eoruy ta ear eyuro’ to,o n!lsampotci nad neev elvai to ti oyu celso yeeevnor slsta nweh ehtrei nad si a aveil agetr ,aygmnaizl hyapp way efnirds on nsai!detc aer.
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Os haey.
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Hcmu velo uohtgh spat eenv yver oeph ’ueory yeoru’ koya tnfieedyli or,as not i oyu. Adn in orf yihveetgrn uyro rtapa esnyltho a to the wlil tsgnih bset lettil lafl amy iflnaly up ouy nhcega 2109 ubt lt’il enpo sifdnre. Lulo’y aok!y ❤️ be.