Wherefore art thou, Gmail?

Something is wrong with my gmail account. At least five emails that I should have received this week haven't come through. And those are just the ones I know about. There could be countless more that aren't arriving. Who knows how long this has been going on. I could potentially miss the single most important email of my life...and never know it. I console myself with the fact that life's most important events usually don't take place over email.