Man, I feel this so hard! I did the exact same thing last fall in Colorado. My lens fogged up so bad it was like looking through a shower door. I learned the hard way that you gotta leave everything in the bag when you come inside a warm tent. Now I just sleep with my camera in the foot of my sleeping bag, which is kinda weird but it works. That slow warm up in the car trick is totally the way to go.

Heard a podcast where someone said their 100th bowl showed them the same thing.

Why not glue the furniture down?

Tell me about it, @anna_green48. That moment you realize it's not you, it's the tool, is such a relief. I stripped so many screws on old camera gear before I learned the difference. It's one of those hidden bits of knowledge that saves you so much headache. More people need to know about JIS when working on vintage Japanese stuff.

Yeah, the "straightforward" part is what gets you.