Girl of interest going abroad

[Leucine]

Having looked around for a while, I met a girl who I instantly knew was everything that I've ever wanted in a woman, and I would certainly like to pursue a relationship with her. However, after a few dates that went great, she broke the news that she will be doing her internship in another country from Feb to May. As a result, even though she definitely seemed willing to give it a go, we're not really in the ideal position to get deeply involved right now, and have both concluded that perhaps it would be better to give it another try when she gets back, assuming that we're both still on the market of course.

 

I don't care whether or not she is going to sleep with someone else in the meantime, because I am planning to do that myself. I'm obviously not taking it for granted that anything will even come out of it after she returns, and I'm certainly not putting my love life on hold waiting for her. Currently, I haven't had sex for 3 months and that might change as soon as tomorrow, with another girl that I'm however not interested in for a relationship.

 

I've been on a date or two and learnt to not get my hopes up too early. I will continue my search for a girlfriend, but of course, I would love to end up with her if I haven't found anyone by the time she returns. I'm mainly looking for a perspective on how to deal with this situation right now to keep open this option on the off-chance that something might happen in the future with this amazing girl.

 

So, we went out on a few really nice dates and got along magnificently. That was before Christmas, and then she went back home for the holidays. She seemed to distance herself slightly and didn't really message me anymore. I tried to give it time and not push it in the wrong situations. It was agreed that our next date would be at my place, and that we would probably have to wait for it until after Christmas when she has enough time to let loose and enjoy herself without any stress, which itself seems like a good approach to me.

 

Since she didn't really reach out to me when she returned to town, I asked her what's really up, and she came up with a pretty honest explanation that she has thought about it a lot and felt bad about not having time to spend with me because she has been so busy arranging her stint abroad, and isn't sure if anything would come out of it at this point, but would be open to revisiting the situation when she's back.

 

I agreed that it might be the best course of action given the circumstances, but I still don't want to let her go anywhere without having made physical contact with her, which would make her actually remember me. Of course that requires getting her to come over and if that currently causes her extra stress, I don't want to push it either. There's still a month until she leaves, and just texting is going to do no good at this point, I need to get the chance to see her.

 

I understand that many different things can come to play here. If we get too serious now, she might feel guilty dating someone else there even if we're not officially together yet, and it might ruin her ability to handle us afterwards. Or am I over-analysing it? Should I just push for her to come over and establish a physical bond that we never had the chance to yet?