Can't login to my account after upgrading to Mavericks

I have a late 2008 Macbook Pro. I have had no problems up until upgrading to Mavericks. I did a complete backup using Time Machine prior upgrading. I have a 750 GB hard disk with about 70 GB of free space. This computer has been bullet proof for 5 years now.
Anyway, I tried to upgrade to Mavericks when the OS came out but was unsuccessful at that time. It just hung up halfway through the install. I decided to just restore than to waste time figuring out what happened.
Fast forward to yesterday. I decided to give it a try again. The download and install completed without any problems. However, I can not login to my machine using my account. After entering my password, I am just getting the spinning rainbow wheel or whatever it is called. Techincally, I have two accounts, one for me and one for girlfriend. She never used hers so mine has been the only one we have ever used on the computer. That account does have admin permissions and that is also the one where I started the upgrade from.
Things I have tried so far...
1) Added another admin account to try and remove unused applications just in case old programs were no longer compatible. Btw, I can successfully log into this account. This is actually the account were I am logged into currently and using Safari to document this problem.
2) Launched File Utility. I did verify disk permissions and then repair after it completed. No luck. I also did Verify Disk but that did not return any problems.
3) I also did a reinstall of Mavericks again but the same problem still exists.
Btw, I did notice when logged in as Admin to the newly created account, that the Downloads, Desktop and Movies folder under my original user account have a little icon or stop sign next to their name when viewing through Finder. Permission problem? Even if that is the case, not sure why I would not be able to login into my original account.
Any ideas? Worst case I will restore my backup and just forget about Mavericks all together. I guess if I have nothing better to do some day in the future maybe I will do a fresh install and try to restore my personal files back. However that sounds like a lot of work.
Thanks..

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