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Today

Hey,
It's Sunday. That was the first week of school of this year.
How about 2007? Well, it was a good year for me. I got my graduation diploma and I got a better job. My income is bigger than ever I guess. But what about love? Well, not so good. As a matter of fact the year was good enough from this perspective too. I had a love relationship with Carmen, who is a nice person. The relationship wasn't meant to last too long. Actually the relationship wasn't meant at all from the beginning. I had more professional fulfillments than love ones. I think it's the first new beginning of a year when I feel more like I did something on the year before. All my previous year endings were more like not so happy, I can't find the right word. Unbelievably, even if I spent the New Year's Eve sleeping I felt more happy then in the previous years. Nobody invited me so I didn't go anywhere. Anyway I don't have friends so I think I wouldn't have spent a happy night with anyone. My sister Mihaela invited me at her place, cause her husband were at work on that night. I went there, I stayed like an hour or so and I left the place. I couldn't stand the music. She and mom were watching bad musical TV programs. I took my slice of cake and went home and there I ate and got asleep. I felt kinda angry for the moment, I don't know why. Maybe because I couldn't stand spending that New Years Eve with mom and sister, when all others were spending with their girlfriends and so.
Now, let me talk about school.
It was difficult. I hardly got fit in there at Urziceni at my new high school. I had some disputes with my new principal. I think I already wrote about this. I told them about my idea of organizing the school. Of course they didn't agree. Firstly I had problems with the students from the tenth grade. They were well known as undisciplined. One day, when a student had been beaten up by his classmates I called the Police and immediately the policemen came. They got to the office of the principal. They did no investigation at the place but asked me to write a declaration about everything that had happened. Afterwards I was asked to give explanations in the Administration School Council. I had a rough talk to those guys there and then I was invited to go. One another day when I was walking on the school hall heading to some certain classroom where I had a psychology class, some students from the eleventh grade stopped me and one of them stretched his hand as he wanted to shake hands with me. I shook hands with him but he shook my hand very hard so I felt real pain, so immediately I slapped him on his cheek. Afterwards his form teacher came to me and demanded explanations from me. Of course I told her everything had happened and we seemed to still be friends. After a period of time I was interviewed by the principal about that and of course I told him the same and plus I admitted I was guilty as much as he was. After another period of time I was invited again at the School Administration Council. I refused cause they didn't let me know beforehand so I could be aware about the stuff. I needed to get ready for such an investigation. I refused to sign anything.
I accepted in another day to sign an invitation to the Council and there I had another rough discussion with them.

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