Oops I did it again

At my job I was riding with a young female co-worker to a job site. I hadn't really worked directly with her before this so this was the first time I actually had a conversation with her. We talked a bit getting to learn about each other with all the basic first getting to know about each other questions. On the way we talked about family and I learned she was married. I asked if they wanted kids, but I didn't ask any other questions about her spouse. It wasn't until we were on our way back to the office that I asked "so what does your husband do?' She responded by stating that she was married to a woman...oops! Dang, I did it again. Awkward. A few years back I was at a jobsite with a male co-worker at my last job and I asked him about his 'wife', only to find out he was gay. That's so embarrassing. Of course I apologized for assuming, but things just got so awkward. We played it off well and continued the conversation normally, but man I hate doing that. She didn't give off 'gay' vibes, but then again I don't know many lesbians in my life. I feel like I can read guys easier, but obviously not well enough. I guess nowadays we can't assume things like that, especially with the younger generation and their 'micro-aggressions' and all. Please don't report me to HR....please?

As far as the job is going, it's going really well. I'm settled in nicely, doing a lot of what I did at my old job, but learning a lot of new things. The main difference is that we don't have assigned work areas. We are issued laptops and backpacks so we just set up at any open station. The nice thing is that we are allowed to work remotely and mostly everyone works remotely 2 or 3 days a week (I think we're required to be in the office at least 2 days a week). I haven't signed up to work remotely yet, but eventually I will. That'll be nice since I pay for a program where I can take my kids to school early (kind of like a daycare at the school before they go to their classes; they eat breakfast there too so that's nice) so I can get to work at a decent time. The kids classes start at 9:15 and if I don't take them early, the earliest I can drop them off at school is 9. If I did that I wouldn't get to work until about 9:15 to 9:30 and I don't want to start work that late. Although that is about the time I was starting work at my other job...I would just work until about 5:30 or 6. I still end up getting to work at about 8:30, which is still later than I want. I would like to be there at 8, but oh well. The nice thing is that I don't have to be there at a particular time, so I don't get in trouble for whatever time I come in. Anyways, if I work remotely I can start on my work at home when I wake up, get the kids ready and take them to school at 9, then come home to resume work. It'll also make picking them up easier. Right now I leave the office around 3:15 to get them from school, drop them off at home, and return to the office at about 4. I'll work another hour or so, usually until about 5:30 before I head home. Working at home would make things so much easier, and I'll have more time to get work done, except I'd have to try not to be distracted at home. So all-in-all things are going well with this job. I like the people, the culture, and the location. If they don't fire me I can see myself being here for a while and growing to be an important part of this company. Things seem to be working out better than I imagined. Feeling blessed.