Actually, I wasn't given much choice in the matter. Six months after I was raised in Wharton Lodge I was appointed SD, although I never once served in that place. I pro-temed at either JW or SW that entire year. The following year I was elected SW and the year after that I became WM. The Lodge had been recycling officers for years & I was told it was my duty to serve, so I did even though I didn't think I was ready. Thanks to the PMs & my Secretary, I muddled through somehow.
While SD @ Wharton Lodge, I became the instructor for one of El Campo Lodge's candidates who happened to be from Wharton. Because of him, I began attending El Campo & wound up joining there, too. They asked me to be JW there the same year I was to be SW @ Wharton. I wound up being WM there right after finishing my term as WM @ Wharton. In fact, we had to make sure the installation of my successor @ Wharton (who happened to be the candidate I spoke of earlier) occurred first so that I could be then installed @ El Campo (can't be WM in two Lodges at the same time)!
BTW, the candidate wound up immediately following me through the chairs in both Lodges.
It's been a long, strange road... :wink: