ICloud won't stay signed out and other fun stuff

Okay so I am on a MacBook Pro using Yosemite and my machine has several problems. The first is that my iCloud will not correctly sign in. When going to Preferences>iCloud the screen is greyed out and I can not change any settings. As prompted at the top of the screen I enter my password to verify my id. I do this and press enter and nothing happens. I have then tried logging out, which seems successful at first, but if i try to log back in it says 'Can not log back in at this time'. If I then leave system preference and reopen it and go back to iCloud settings, I find that some how i am now logged in and the problem restarts with the greyed out screen.
The next problem is that when ever I restart my computer certain applications, when opened, return to where they were a couple of months ago. If I open safari several tabs reopen, and if I open lock lizard (a pdf viewer) certain documents open. Applications that i have removed from my dock even reappear  in the dock. It is as if my hole computer jumps back to a certain point several months ago every time I restart my computer.
So these are the problems I am having, and so far the great google has not helped me. I hope I have not be vague.

This should fix the issue:
Special thanks to Roger Wilmut for providing the detailed instructions below.
https://discussions.apple.com/people/Roger%20Wilmut1
1. Shut down Mail.  Next, deselect "iCloud Mail" in the iCloud preferences pane in System Preferences FIRST.  If not, it will automatically pre-populate the wrong p9X.mail.me.com server names again overwriting all your work.
2. Now restart Mail and go to preferences.  If "iCloud" mail is still showing, select it and click on the "-" at the bottom to remove it.
3. Now follow the instructions here:http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudmail.html (disregard that this is for Snow Leopard, it DOES work on Lion) paying attention to the use of the "option" key when needed to avoid Mail automatically "creating" the account and closing out the preferences window.
4. Ensure the correct server names of "imap.mail.me.com and smtp.mail.me.com" are still there and close Mail preferences and now select "get mail".  It may prompt one last time for your iCloud password, enter it and you are done.
Good Luck.

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