Welding is my favorite part of the day

Welding is my favorite part of the day because once that helmet drops the bullshit stops.  All I am focused on is laying a bead and not gettin the rod stuck, and when I am making a coupon all im focused on is lining them up and making sure they’re even.  All I think about when I am welding is just welding nothing else, not the fight that I had with my parents or the drama of life or even the bullshit I have to put up with every single day. 

When the helmet drops the bullshit stops, it is the truest statement ever made.  When I drop my helmet, all the people around me disappear, my surroundings disappear.  Once my helmet is dropped, I don’t even hear the people in the shop, all I hear is the sound of the almost sizzling sound of layin that bead, all I can think about is runnin that bead and not gettin the rod stuck.   

When I drop my helmet I zone out, for all I know there could be a fire and I wouldn’t even know it.  Even when I lift my helmet up all I think about is getting that slag off and cleanin up my weld and getting prepared to run anothah.  Granted I sometimes get a little bit mad when I get the rod stuck to my piece or coupon, and I may or may not throw my muffed up rod across the shop or at the wall or throw it on the floor and loose my marbles for a quick second.  Nevertheless, once I finally get back in control my mind goes back to welding and layin down another bead.  Then I focus in on grabbin that rod and puttin it in the clip, striking that rod on my vertical or on my coupon. 

Once I strike that rod, I run that bead making little circles till the finish.  After I’ve finished runnin my bead, I drop the rod in my triangular bucket and then I put my safety glasses on and then I take that chippin hammah and chip all of that slag off my bead.  After I’ve gotten all the slag off my piece, I then flip the chippin hammah over and use the brush to make my piece look nice and pretty.  Then I start all over, again and again, until I can get it perfect, then go, and get certified.  When I drop my helmet, I am calm and relaxed, even on my worst days evah.  No matter how tired I am in the morning once I walk through those doors to the shop I am alert and focused.  When I am in welding nothin can bring me down, I don’t think about anything else beside layin beads, chippin slag, and throwing some good ole sparks.  Even when I’m takin a break to let my piece cool down my mind is set on gettin back, layin some more beads, and fill up my coupon.