I can't type in the Spotlight Search of Yosemite

I recently downloaded Yosemite. So far it was great, but i can't use my Spotlight Search somehow... I know its not the country problem of availability because my sister can use hers. So what's wrong with my spotlight search? The box shows up but i just can't type anything inside... PLEASE HELP ANYBODY

For some reason there is no box to type your search into. It used to be tucked in the upper right corner. Now a big window appears in the middleof the screen that looks like a Help area. It seems there is an invisible box next to the magnifying glass symbol, where it says "Spotlight Searc". You need to type over top of that (don't think "Spotlight Search" even goes away when you do so.

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