What happened to my "account"?

Hi everybody,
I recently bought a mac. The thing is I set up my dock preferences, mail accounts, adium with accounts, desktop with folders, etc when I got it few weeks ago. Today instead of turning off my computer, accidentally selected logout. Now in my screen i have only my name to put my password(so i guess I have only one account: "Patricia"), after login mail and adium have no accounts, dock and desktop are empty, etc. If i go to hd and check users i can see another name: "Patty"), and under it I can see my old desktop with folders, links, and settings i had...
Now, is there any way to go back to that state?
I appreciate in advance any help!
Patricia.

Looks like somehow your home folder got renamed:
[Recover from renaming your Home folder|http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/renamehomerecovery.html]
[My home folder and desktop are different than before|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh1952.html]
[Return to Default Desktop, Apparent "Loss" of Home Directory|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107854]

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