He wasn't really alone. He had friends. But he wants to see if anyone would recognise that line from an old song, written many years before Blob was created and even some years before Blob's person was born.
He had been very used to staying at home, sitting near the bed, while his person went out. She didn't go out as much as Blob would have advised and he wanted to help her live her life more fully.
Blob's person, for her own part, was acting far too sensible. She had thought it quite a silly idea to take a soft toy friend out for adventures even though at least one friend had done precisely that, on and off, for years. The friend of someone she knew had even travelled in a parcel all the way to New Zealand and back to have adventures there. But Blob's person wasn't free. She had become far less trapped than she had been but wasn't free yet.
Blob, a believer in freedom and abundant living, didn't like seeing her this way. Neither did Blob's creator. She had said to Blob's person, "Why don't you take a friend with you and they can come adventuring with you?" Blob's person had managed to do it once and had taken a unicorn to a tea house to show that she could manage to do something. But then she came round to the idea of taking Blob, the wonderful, unique, hand-made Blob.
On 20th April, just sixty-five days before this post was published, Blob's person took a brave step and carried Blob with her when she went out.
She wasn't feeling good at all but had agreed to meet someone about a business idea that really she knew she wasn't going to be able to be involved with no matter how much she wanted to. It really was a good idea, and had her mental health been better she could have been right at the centre of it. But some things are not meant to be, no matter how much we want them. And we have to let them go, gently, and allow them to take their own course.
Blob's person had agreed to meet this person - who would have been her business mentor and possibly partner and joint trustee - in a cafe in Newcastle. But the cafe was too loud for her to cope with on that day. So, the weather being good, they sat outside in the sunshine.
For the first time ever, Blob was taken out in public and sat on the table and looked at the world. This was extremely exciting and there was such a lot to look at. All the people and the sky and the tables and the writing on the pavement. Blob also looked at the cafe, The Settle Down Cafe, and thought it actually looked very nice inside. Blob's person had to agree that it was. It was just that today she was having big problems with both sensory processing and anxiety so they had to sit outside, where there was no music playing.
Blob was satisfied. He sat and smiled. This was amazing. He knew he wanted more of this, to accompany his person again and see more of the world. He wanted to be a faithful companion for her. And she agreed. She would take him out again. She wasn't very good at it to start with. She would forget to bring him on an adventure. She would forget that he was with her and he would just remain in her bag and not see a thing. And even now she can still forget.
Even so, Blob is having fantastic adventures. He's seen an ancient crypt. He's been a Quaker. He's walked in many places. He's travelled across the county. He's been locked up in the stocks. He's met angels, sang angelic music and he's even tried his hand at being a bishop. He has a lot to tell you about and is looking forward to many more adventures. His person has lots to tell you about on her blog too.
Blob is proud of his person and the way she has been living in the last couple of months. Just in that time he thinks she has come a long way. Two days after Blob's adventure at Settle Down, she was feeling very miserable. But she was determined and went out. Her wife ordered her to find one joyful thing that day. Instead, she found many - even though she received some bad news while she was out. That day was a turning point for Blob's person.
It was a pity that she hadn't remembered Blob that day. He would have loved to have shared in that adventure. But he will share in many more. After all, The Angel of The North said he would. So it must be true.
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