I'm glad yours was easier. Ours wasn't so bad but pretty long. A lot of promises in there, some of them are repeats from the last two degrees. I know I breathed a sigh of relief when I made it through mine and they actually invited me back in after the ballot was done.
You are right, alot of it was pretty much repeated from the others. I did take a big breath & just started to roll with it. Since then I've I helped out with a fund raiser & even filled in as Tiler a couple of times.