My desktop Icons Change Size and Spacing Without My Permission?

This morning, all was well. The icons on the desktop were small and their text was 10pt and the spacing was reasonably tight. I left the house to run some errands and when I came back the icons are all 48 x 48, the text is 12pt and the spacing is at its maximum. If I have any folders left open (which I do for work in progress) they are all showing the home folder and there is no way to go back to where they were before.
This seems to happen about once a week. It is annoying.
I am assuming it is a sleep related problem. How do I fix it?
Thanks.

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