6:05 a.m. Alarm goes off.

6:06 a.m. Backup alarm goes off. Acknowledge, once again, that one of my resolutions this year was not to use the snooze button. Tomorrow, maybe. Put on some “Discover Weekly” and slump out of bed.

6:40 a.m. Tie or bowtie? Blue laces or black? Trick question — always blue. Spread collar or cutaway collar?

7:01 a.m. Get to the Cleveland Park platform and see the Red Line isn’t delayed (yet)!

7:35 a.m. Walk into school through the middle school hallway (sixth-graders sure are small) and into the best department office in the school world.

7:40 a.m. Find Ms. Ball and grab some coffee. #muglife

8 a.m. Let’s do some math! (© 2015 Mr. Goldman)

9:25 a.m. Community time? I guess that’s more time for MATH LAB!

12:11 p.m. Math Lab Part II: superfecta — I get to do some Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus and Calculus!

1:42 p.m. The seventh MS bell rings in the middle of period 6. Well, at least nobody says “halftime!” any more…

4 p.m. Weight room duty. I try to stop senior boys from grunting too loudly, but fail.

6:02 p.m. Catch the 38.

6:45 p.m. Remember to send a Snapchat to Mr. Silberman to keep our streak alive (95).

7:05 p.m. Start cooking: still going strong with my resolution to eat more fish.

8:30 p.m. Think deeply about mathematics.

10 p.m. Screens away! Read some of my book, then turn off the lights and prepare to do it all again tomorrow!