A Bird in the Hand

 Her final week with me. She has taken over the couch, well covered because I was anticipating this...

In the first week, she took her time settling in, wondering what was going on.
Second week, she adapted in a might-as-well-make-the-best-of-things mode.
Third week, she began communicating with me, and since I was also adapting, I understood her communiqués.
Fourth and last week, still to unfold...

Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary--source unknown