Issue with full screen apps quitting

I am having problems when I exit a full screen app on OSX Mountain Lion!!! It does't happen all the time but when it does the only way I could fix it is log out and log back in!!
The problem is when I quit a full screen app the desktop it created to open the full screen app on remains blank and doesn't close so I end up with my 2 desktops and blank desktops which is really annoying when I want to switch between desktops or other full screen apps!!! Anyone else having this problem?? PLEASE HELP!!!
I am using a Retina Display Macbook Pro!

So this is what I get in Mission control when I exit a full screen app ( look at the blue safari thing ) and when I press it I get this:
Anyone else having this problem?? Plz help if you know a way to fix it!!

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The REASON why we needed SPACES was that we could have WAY too many windows open at once on a Mac. Right? A big mess of windows covering each other up. Suppose you're surfing in Safari but need iTunes? But iTunes is hidden. So what did you do? You went to Spaces as step one, moused over to your iTunes space as move two, and then clicked it as move three. Seems like a great solution until the day you discover that you could simply click on iTunes in the dock as move one and arrive at iTunes. As one step. Period. Really simple, right?
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Need that last one explained? Well, what's Mission Control but a variant of spaces? To invoke MC and switch to the needed window are those same two annoying steps Spaces added into the mix. Nothing was fixed. Plus, like spaces, you must invest time and energy organizing such spaces.
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