Nuts in a Can

Most everyone knows by now that I carpool with my family each weekend to and from work. We live in Somerset and work in Lexington, which is a 84 mile drive. We all work over the weekend so riding together just works for us. When gas jumped up over 3 years ago, I decided to get buy a commuter car to save on expenses. We bought a little Toyota Yaris, although it's small it is a four door and sits 5. That's 2 adults, and 3 children. I commute with 4 adults. Does everyone see the dilemma? We have grown fond of our rides, we get to talk and share how our days were, we get to eat together, and the 3 in the back even get to spoon with each other on the drive. Momma Brumley has a nice trunk on her with lots of junk, so she always gets to sit up front. We all take turns driving to and from so the combination of rear passengers consists of Greg, Angelica, Alison, and myself. Though we try not to complain too much we have come up with some terms that help us express our discomfort at times. For example; Alison created the "Jack-in-the-box", which means that her legs are killing her and are cramped up, and if she doesn't get them stretched out soon she is going to jump right out of the car. Alison also is called the "Drive thru specialist" because any drive thru order we place better be right or she will fly off her rocker, insist on going back through to inform the window person how bad they messed up, and when all else fails she will demand a refund. Alison is also known as "the happy honker" due to the fact she has been known to honk the horn the entire way home if she feels the urge. Greg provided us with "Nuts in a Can" which is going to be the name of our reality show in which we record every car ride to and from work. This should be a huge hit! Greg is nicknamed "Sleepy Bear" because although he drives us home usually 2 nights, he is unable to stay awake in the morning long enough to transfer from his car to ours, thus he is prohibited to drive us to work EVER. Angelica is not only our "storm tracker" (she keeps Bill Meck on speed dial) and also has had a huge hit with the "pull over potty" where she can't hold it anymore and we have to pull over and let her pee on the side of the road. Mom is "Super Human" due to the fact she can work 30 days in a row, and still manage to drive us each morning. Mom has also been referred to as the "neck jerker" because when she doesn't drive she sits in the passenger seat sleeping in an upright position (no one can recline the front seat in the Yaris without killing the 3 in the back) this allows her to snore and jerk her neck in every direction while still managing to catch some shut-eye. This would allow time to reflect on myself, and although the others have their own opinion of me and my quarks, I am the "speed demon" due to my number of speeding violations, and the fact I have been pulled over in every county, and by every version of law enforcement except fish and wildlife. I also can be named "mouth" because I probably do the most amount of talking in the car. I don't like the drive to and from work, but I love the people I ride with, even if we do have to sit in each others laps.