My extra year

I had a birthday last week, and now I'm officially 73 years resident of this earth.
Now it's highly likely that news isn't very interesting to you, but it was to me! I, you see, had been led to believe by my wife (whose job it is to know such things) that I had already been 73 for all of the previous year.
Therefore, I suppose I've had a virtual extra year in my life. "Now ain't that something!"
I'm planning a very busy year ahead, but I wouldn't place any bets.
This, I admit, hasn't been an earthshaking post - especially three weeks after the last.
But now I know I'm not as old as I might have been I promise I'll try a bit harder in the next day or so.