It's official...

I'm my 14th work day of maternity leave.
My brain is Jello.
My daughter is doing great. She wants to take everything in when she's awake but she also sleeps like a log. She slept for six hours straight last night because I accidentally shut off the alarm I use to wake myself up to feed her after four hours.
I feel much different as a person. I can't see a baby on TV without getting weepy. It bothers me much more than it used to to hear about bad things happening to children. I'm feeling much more "maternal" than I thought I would. I'm looking forward to all of the cool things we'll get to do with her and teach her when she's older. When I hear a good song, I think about sharing it with her later on. On the other hand, I get sad to think that she's only going to be 19 days old ONCE and I want to her to stay small enough for me to hold in one hand forever.
I'm feeling much less sharp about non-baby related topics than I did before. I watch a lot of news, but I can sit in front of the TV for minutes and realize my mind has been wandering and I have no idea even what the topic is that they have been talking about. I have to read everything over several times because I now type the wrong words.
It's worth it - and my mind will come back once I go back to work and start getting more sleep.