If you use the My Scores tool, as usual, you will get a chance to decide on your priorities. You can also get advice from my factors checklist. If you decide that your top priority is finding love, telling your crush may be worth the risk. Think of the possibilities! But if your top priority is avoiding rejection, you may decide that sharing your feelings is too risky for you. Imagine the humiliation! In addition to using the My Scores decision tool, I recommend that you try the Points of View tool, so that you can consider the best and worst case scenarios for each alternative. Assessing how you might feel if everything goes right or wrong will help you decide if you are ready to take a leap.

Good luck, Simonites! In my opinion, you are all very, very lovable!

If you decide you want to leave town this spring break (and haven’t already booked a trip), you should take a look at this Los Angeles Times article I found, Spring Break: Last-Minute Travel Deals For Students. The article lists lots of great spring break deals, as well as other websites you can decide to check out for more information and suggestions. SmarterTravel.com also has suggestions for Last-Minute Spring Break Getaways, although these aren’t necessarily targeted at student budgets.

If you decide to stay in town this spring break, either at school or in your hometown, there’s no reason you can’t still have a great time! Depending on where you live, you might want to decide to explore your town/city in ways you don’t get to during the busy semester. Visit TripAdvisor, Frommer’s, Lonely Planet, or another travel site to explore your area like a tourist. Or you may have a list of certain parks or museums you wish you had time to visit during the school year, but you are just too swamped to take advantage of them. Don’t forget to check your local paper for area festivals and events that go on during spring break, such as SXSW in Austin or Harvest of Hope in St. Augustine, Florida. For more music festivals in your area, check out Festival Outlook for a complete list of 2010 music festivals.

Whatever you decide to do, you should always make safety a top priority. Check out the CDC’s Spring Break Health and Safety Tips for information and resources that will help you stay safe, whether you are at home or away.

- 10 Most Common Tax Mistakes, WalletPop.com

- Using Tax-Prep Software? Trust Results but Verify, NYTimes.com

- Don’t Pay For IRS Protection, CNNMoney.com

- 10 Tax Terms Translated Into English, msnbc.com

The appeal of getting back together with an ex is obvious. There is already a built-in familiarity and comfort level, as well as a shared history and fond memories. No awkward first dates, no 20-questions about each other’s families and backgrounds. Throw in a long-standing chemistry and you face a very compelling argument for deciding to get back together. That is, of course, if you can decide to forget any painful history and to ignore the advice of concerned friends and family.

When it comes to deciding to get back together with an ex, there are many issues you should consider, from why exactly you parted ways to begin with, how you and your ex may or may not have changed, and so on. And where else to get advice but Oprah.com’s relationships page? M. Gary Neuman, a family therapist, offers his two cents in this article: “Get Back Together With Your Ex? It’s Complicated.” He addresses the pros and cons, and also offers advice for those who do decide to give it a go. If all you have in mind is a booty call, decide to read Sex and the City screenwriter Cindy Chupack’s advice about deciding to call up an ex: “Should You Sleep With An Ex?” (Spoiler: she doesn’t recommend it.)

So, what are Simonites deciding to do? As far as results go, the decision outcomes have been split pretty evenly between deciding to get back together and deciding to stay apart. What are users considering when trying to decide what to do about their exes? The #1 factor, by a long shot, is “Love,” with “Happiness” and “Avoiding pain” in a close race for second place.

Have any of you decided to get back together with an ex? How did it work out? Any advice for other Simonites?

- YourTango.com gives advice for how to get romantic anywhere BUT a restaurant in this article: “6 Non-Restaurant Valentine’s Day Ideas.”

- For those of you self-proclaimed nerds (myself included), the Huffington Post’s “Valentine’s Day Ideas for Nerds” gives advice for the best sci-fi date movies, as well as a gift guide.

- If you are on a budget and/or you have a family in the picture, you should decide to check out WalletPop.com’s advice in “14 Cheap Ways to Show Your Family You Love Them.”

- Valentine’s Day haters, I have not forgotten you. If you are in the NY area, you should decide to drop by an anti-Valentine’s event, listed in this NY Daily News article: “Hate Valentine’s Day?”

I found tons of other city-specific articles with great advice, so feel free to let me know which city you are in and I can send you more information. Oh and before I forget, will you be my Valentine?