As bad as it sounds, my personal workaround was to just let the computer sit for 10 minutes or so and do it's thing. When it felt good and ready, it would suddenly load everything and get back on track again.
I had seen that happen in the past. So it is not just me. Whew! Thought I was crazy. Well, maybe so, but anyway.
Well, it just seems to be getting worse and worse in this instance so I think I will do an uninstall and an install and hope for the best.
Thanks.