I'm in the default view. Now that I've selected the Timeline, I not only have it back, it's taking up the whole screen, with what appears to be a history above it. Is there something in the Preferences I need to change? I made my own mess here. I found the "extra stuff" at the bottom distracting while I was just starting to learn the program, so I used "join area" to remove it. I'm used to programs with floating and pull-down menus everywhere, so I didn't think it would be so hard to find again.

On the bright side, I have had some progress with it. There are so many more tutorials out there for it now. I've made a cup of coffee and am doing the napkin-over-the-cup tutorial.