Car Pool?

Okay, so maybe you all can help me out.

I have a schedule conflict and a conundrum. Mornings are good, but it's the afternoons I'm having issues with.

You see, Missy has afternoon preschool (believe me, I WISH it was morning Preschool.... she pesters me all morning about when she is going to "school". Glad she loves it though!). And EB takes a nap at 2pm (usually... I can move it forward, but later in the day makes him a royal pain.) ...... now here's where the problem comes in. Missy needs to be picked up from Preschool at 2:45. Goober gets off the bus at 3:10ish and then needs to do his homework, lest he fights me tooth and nail over his daily reading etc. And believe me people, when I say he WILL fight me on it.

Technically I can put EB down for a nap right after I take her to school (12:30ish) and wake him up to go pick her up. But then he is all over crazytime hyper while I'm trying to help Goober with his homework.

Now, Ideally I would get in a carpool for Missy and take her and other kids TO preschool and have someone else pick them up. That way EB would be able to go down for nap at his normal time, sleep through kids coming home and homework time, then get up about the time the kids are ready to play.... around 4-4:30ish.

I have attempted to arrange carpooling with a couple of the other mom's in Missy's class.

One of the mom's had her oldest daughter in the class and "just wants to get into a schedule", plus she's preggo with a 2 year old at home. I thought it would be an ideal set up, her two year old takes an early nap.... about the time the kids have to be at preschool... but for some reason she is reluctant. Could it be that she is having a rough time letting her oldest child go to preschool? Maybe.

The other mom lives nearer to me (which would be nice) but "runs errands in the mornings" so she is already out and about and has no issues with dropping her son off at preschool except on Fridays, which she may need help with.

sigh.

How do others get the carpool thing going?! Do you have to already know the people before the need arises (aka get your kids in the preschool your friends kids are going to).

I have gotten a list of the kids and what their parents names and addresses are to see if I can scrounge someone up, but honestly I don't think that is very likely.

I may end up dealing with the hyper EB while trying at the same time to get Goobers homework done. :P

Any suggestions?