First off - AWESOME PRODUCT!!!

Here's my problem:
My UI switched to default for some reason, and now my node joe says missing 55555 in the menu bar. NodeJoe also does not come up in the customize UI category section.

Hi,

do you are running the demo or the full NJ version?
Did you have a look if the nodejoe.gup is still present in your plugin folder?

>>NodeJoe also does not come up in the customize UI category section.
hmm, that's really odd cause when the NodeJoe.gup is loaded properly and up running then you should have a NodeJoe entry in the custom UI category section.
Did you have a look in the plugin manager if the gup is loaded and running?

cheers,
roman