premiere pro project file disappeared, and I can't find it anywhere in my system...

Hello, i have a film project i was in the middle of. i took a break from it for a while and when i decided to go back in and open premiere pro. it wasnt there.!

the home window that shows all recent projects didnt show up either.. 

the adobe project folders and auto-save still have project files. just not this specific one im looking for...

ive done a system search, etc and still cant find it.!

im hoping its just buried somewhere in the data for me to dig up. however im not having any luck.!

...how could that even happen, their should be a project file somewhere.!!!

any thoughts that may help are appreciated..

  thanks.!!!