Ok, now I really have to cross the river ...

A client of mine used to say that if you've got a job to do, throw your hat across the river.

Sometimes that's true, and in the case of a nasty test that you can easily put off, it's particularly true. So, after a few months off, I've decided to reenergize my GMAT quest by putting my money where my blog is.

On Saturday, November 4th at 9:00 am, I'm going to take the GMAT at the Pearsons Professional Center in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The non-refundable fee I'll pay for this lovely winter morning? Two Benjamin Franklins and their pal Ulysses S Grant.

That means I have 30 days, 12 hours, and 16 minutes to prepare myself, lest I lose the equivalent of a ticket to Vegas and a cold keg of Shiner Bock.

Welcome to crunch time.