Mail app osx 10.9 not responsive

Since I have update to OSX 10.9 (Maverick) the mail application start up, but after that it is unresponsive.
In the main window I can not select any item: mailbox, messages etc.

OK - chew me out, I know. But, I have apparently been living under a rock, as while I pride myself on keeping up with all things Apple, I had no clue that they were rolling out a new operating system, so while working on a project on Friday and in a moment of temporary insanity, and knowing that Apple gives away nothing - when the "update available" window popped up, I read it, determined it was some cool new additions to the Mountain Lion and said "install." If only I had a time machine (not the Apple kind) I would go back and undo it all.
This is a busy time of the year for me work wise, and I don't have the time to be messing about with an unfamiliar operating system. Needless to say I backed up nothing. So cannot revert to the previous version, but there has to be a fix to this. Just darned if I know what or how?
PS - When I click on the icon on my dock, the menu bar at the top of my screen (in this case now Chrome) dims, but nothing happens. I can see the number of incoming email changing on the red dot on the mail icon, so then have to to either AOL or Gmail on the web to read them or reply. I want my Mail back!!

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