Update. In case anybody cares. Been a bit over a month now. Things are going great. Only problem is the old psycho co-worker, and this one's names are literally one letter off from one another, so awkward mix ups happen. But she only gets mad when I get too guilty about it.
We talked about my love of sports. She understands that once a week, that's my time with the guys to go out, drink beer and get loud. And she's OK with that. The other night I told her I was offered an extra Astros ticket, told her I turned it down to hang out with her. She appriciated it, but told me to just go to the game and have fun, and we hung out that night. So she's pretty awesome.
She's even willing to learn hockey. It's the south, so she found the fact that I loved hockey weird at first.
And no, she's not the reason I haven't been posting. I also got a new job the week after we started, so I've been in training. F'real.