Thank you for your honest plea. I will pardon you now. Please review the rules at /spawn. You can review tour info at /warp tour.
We do have the 1.7 server you played on before as well as a 1.8 server. Your client version will determine which server you join. All of your items are on 1.7, 1.8 is a fresh start. The chats are combined so you can talk with everyone regardless of where you choose to play.
We will see you on the server.