| Friday night after work I headed over to the Bowlerama West with some other local furs for some fursuit bowling. Normally I would prefer to do 10 pin but the meet was for doing some 5 pin bowling. Things seemed to have gotten to a good start despite my poor aim. Then I felt something go POP! It was the right side of my jaw of the suit that let go. Not sure if it was the elastic or the hinge I darted to the washroom so that I could have a look at what happened. Sure enough the hinge, which was only made out of hot glue, had separated from the plastic mesh and foam. As long as the jaw was closed it would be fine but if it opened it would swing out to the left which didn't look very good. I decided to get out of suit and just spectate the rest of the meet. A suiter came and got Kitty to my aid. She had a sewing kit with her along with a glue gun that I could use to fix the jaw. I couldn't find any outlets to use to I had to make use with a needle and thread. Back I go into the washroom to fix the jaw. It wasn't perfect but I could still manipulate it without it coming out. Once the jaw was repaired I was back in action. Overall I had a good time. The kids and their parents in the next lane over enjoyed seeing us there. I don't know if I'll go to the next one but maybe.
Once I got home I did some further repairs to the jaw. I remelted glue that was used for the hinge and applied some more glue to hold it in place. Since doing the repair I seemed to have made the jaw a lot more responsive. Now I just need to sew up the left side of the jaw. - Mood:accomplished

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