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Hello, friends, and welcome back from the Labor Day weekend,
which sadly signals kind of the last legs of summer.
Hello, Michelle.
Hey, Michelle.
And now being newly in Chicago, the last legs of summer sort of hit harder, I think.
Oh, this will be your first cold season coming up in Chicago.