Home directory has disappeared - help!

I have just logged on to my MacBook and received a message to say that it can't find my home directory - it's just not there in the Users folder.
I am the main user (administrator). There is one other user of the computer who has an account and her folder is there, as is 'Shared' and another folder with my user ID, but with a '1' appended to the end.
What has happened - any help gratefully received...
~~
simon

My 2 cents, most OS X gurus will tell you not to run as an administrator. Keep one or 2 admin users on tap, one for installing/etc. and one as a "control." Run day-to-day ops as a standard user.
This is better security and keeps you from making mistakes without entering a password.
You can do this by:
1)Backing up! Always do this before making changes to your system.
2)Create 1 or 2 new admin accounts. I would make 2 new admin accounts. Name one "Control" and the other something like "Owner."
3)Log into "Owner" and change your old account to a standard user.
4)I would verify permissions at least twice after you do this to get any bugs out.
5)Restart, log in as your old (now standard) account.
Keep the "Owner" password handy for when you need to install/make changes/etc to your system.
Don't use "Control" except for just that, to see if a problem affects that account as well as other accounts.

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