Accepted to B-school. Now what?

Now that the shock of being accepted to my top choice program is wearing off, I am beginning to think of the next steps. For one, I need to sit down, go through my finances, and figure out how I am going to pay for the degree, as well as how much time off I can afford to take before school starts. Having had a comfortable salary for the past few years, I managed to avoid keeping track of how much savings I had. Sad, but true.

I also just went through my equity grant at work, and realized that if I leave before end of July, I'd be walking away from a significant ($xx,xxx) chunk of money. I have been dreaming about taking the time before b-school to explore the world, so that's going to be a tough decision. Ah, the golden handhuffs....