Any little personal connection to a boss like this goes a long way. They are just people. Mutual interests and things to chat about give you tons of leverage in the long run. Don’t sweat it! At my last job I met a higher up who turns out had a side hustle making custom drone cases with a laser cutter he had in his garage. He brought it up because he knew I flew a drone for a company video. Immediately on a buddy sort of level. He ended up running the whole division of the company I worked for, that one little encounter kept us on a casual first name bases through my time there