Hobnobbery.

Is this a word? I'm not sure. There has to be a noun version of the verb hobnob. So, this is my solution. If anyone has better idea, please let me know. Today was the first day of the fall semester. I had to go to both a faculty meeting at 8:30am and a faculty reception at 5pm. What? No staff/admin reception? No. And why not? Because we've been here all summer! I'm not bitter. Really.