[Derek's not sure how long he'll be comfortable with letting Spock push the chair, but for now, he'll let it slide. Maybe one the Vulcan lets go he can sneak his own hands down there...]

Yes and no. "new as in, as far as I know, I just got here in January. Not so new as in there's several folks who say I've been here before. so...there you go.

I'm adjusting all right, I guess. Need to be home, but until we figure out how to get out, or I supposedly get bounced home again, not much to be done about it. I'm just hoping that whole thing about time standing still is true. [Otherwise, he'd be going home to an ugly mess.]