Deployment

Haylee • In a committed relationship with an Army soldier 👑
My boyfriend of almost a year (December) graduates AIT in two days, he's supposed to be stationed at Ft. Steward. Last night he told me he found out there's a good chance he'll be deployed in January/February. He won't be in combat zones (that's what he says) but I'm still worried and stressed. I know it's not 100% and that you're supposed to expect these things but I was just so happy that he was only going to be four hours away. 
I know I should get into routines when he leaves to keep myself busy, but how do you truly cope with it? I barely can handle him being 10 hours away, little less half across the world. So how do You cope and what is it like?