Cierah, I definitely know the feeling. Ktspktsp and I are well-acquainted with long-distance "ritual"... but yeah, we've been lucky to have almost two months together this summer.
But for long-distance, we have a fairly set "ritual" as well... of course there's no physical contact, but we have a system of taking turns to start e-mail contact in the morning, keeping in touch during the day, and coming together online at night to talk about whatever.
Sigh, gonna have to get used to the distance thing again... so nice, after the summer.
