Is my new macbook normal???

Hi all,
Just been reading posts on this and wondering if my new macbook is normal. So I've had my new macbook since 29 Oct this year, its the new model the 2.0 GHz one, so one month. Not really a computer person but taking more interest now since I have my own laptop. So I have a few question hoping some of you may be able to answer.
So reading about battery and stuff. My battery apparently has done 22 cycles??? Is this normal, I've only ever let the battery decharge to 15% once, rest of the time I only let it decharge like to 60% or 50 % and I work mostly with it plugged in. I've never calibrate it, I've just read about that so will do that sometime. Also when I look at my batteries full charge capacity it says 4180, its between 4150 and 4180, it changes, is this normal for a new macbook one month old? And condition : good???
Also have noticed another thing with my macbook that I'm not sure is normal. A lot of the time I put it to sleep when I go to uni in the morning so I can just start it up again quickly when I get there. But a few times now, when I have put it to sleep ( manually-pressing the sleep button) and then closing the lid, about 10 seconds after it makes the wake up noise, the DVD drive noise, then about a minute after ( if I don't do anything) it does it again. By this stage I get scared so I just opened the lid, its awake, if i put it to sleep again it does the same thing???? So then I just shut it off. IS this normal???? Probably not but can someone tell me why its happening and what I can do? It doesn't do it all the time when i put it to sleep just sometimes..??
Yep so these are my questions. If anyone knows if my macbook is normal or what is going on I wold really appreciate it. I love my new macbook so just want to learn more about it and just worried that this may not be right. Thanks in advance for replies.

Hi and Welcome to Apple Discussions!
The battery issue is normal. Every time you drain the battery to some extent then recharge, it reports that as a cycle. The battery capacity is supposed to change, so no problem there if it goes from 4180 to 4150.
As for your other concern, I've never had the problem so I couldn't tell you much. You may have to reset your SMC (System Management Controller) if it goes back to sleep after waking. Resetting your SMC will fix some power/sleep related issues.
1. If the computer is on, turn it off.
2. Disconnect the AC Adapter and remove the computer's battery.
3. Press and hold down the power button for 5 seconds and then release the button.
4. Reconnect the battery and AC Adapter.
5. Press the Power button to restart the computer.
See if that helps. Best of luck.
-Brian

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