Unable to Summon Phantom....

I am getting extremely frustrated with this game at this point and am just wondering if I am the only one.

98% of the time I attempt to summon someone, I get "Unable to Summon Phantom". Half of that time, I don't even have the option of attempting to summon a phantom. The "Summon Phantom" button that pops up is grayed out and I cant even try to summon them. To top it all off, half the time I can't even use my bonfire.

I don't know if it's relevant or not, but I'm in Cleansing Chapel.