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The question seemed inevitable following Monday's reports that Britney Spears celebrated the New Year by quickly drinking herself into a sudden, paralytic nap-like state at a Vegas nightclub, but don't get your hopes up about reading a message on her website announcing, "Whew, all this partying is making me tired! I'm going away for a little while, y'all. I can't say where, but I Promises I won't be gone more than 28 days!!!" The Scoop dutifully passes along a story from the always reliable Life & Style claiming that Spears merely checked into the spa Sanctuary on New Year's Day, where she can lock herself in the Sanctum and wash away the icky feelings caused by overindulging in Pure's freely flowing sleepytime juice in its vitality pool and deluge shower. Once initially cleansed, she can then spend some time being pampered by a session of lotus flower aquatic reflexology, in which a therapist releases blockages in her energy meridians, allowing her to momentarily put aside the nagging feeling that she forgot to tell her mother to come over and watch the babies while she jetted off for a couple of days of me-time.