Hello? Is this thing on?

I have not gotten any emails on my gmail account for so long I am beginning to wonder if it even works. Passwords have been checked,multiple times. I suppose I may just haven't gotten any emails. But then I wonder why I haven't been getting my cute forwarded emails I always get from my Internet buddy. Have I been removed from his list? And these are the questions that go through my head on a Tuesday morning at 6:51 a.m.