Why does Blender think the bottom of my object is the Front? I can't make heads or tails out of what blender thinks is front/back left/right.  Top and bottom used to be no brainers along the z axis but now that's all screwy too.

I did View/Align View/Align View to Active/Front and it is showing me the underside of my object.

Every time I try another view it just gets worse, zooming me virtual miles from my work so I have to hunt around to find it.
In Edit mode, "Align View to Active" will align your view to the active selection's LOCAL axes.

https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/editors/3dview/navigate/align.html