After discovering the joys of making a costume with a friend along, after today I'm not sure how much longer that will be happening. My friend and I were over at my grandmother's today finishing my friend's costume, and evntually my grandfather snapped at us.

My grandfather's an awesome guy. I respect him in every way. But he doesn't smile very often, and he's very stern. That means, when he's proud of me, I feel extra good about myself. But when he's angry at me or disappointed, it's more than twice as bad, too. He's a scary guy when he's angry. Really scary. And this is the first time it's been directed at me.

So, I'm sort of afraid to bring a friend over again. I think his main beef is that my grandmother had to spend the whole day helping my friend, when she doesn't even know her. I can totally understand that. He thinks she should get paid for it, and she's right. My last friend who came over for this, about a year or two ago, was a bit of a... Well, she didn't do much sewing, to my understanding, and hardly compensated my grandmother. So I'm going to work out how much my grandmother will get. That's only fair.

I just wish he hadn't snapped at me....  I'm still shaking a bit and I already feel like throwing up. Well, you live and you learn, right?