That's a tough situation. You want to support your boyfriend's career, but eight months with limited phone/Internet connection is a long time to be away from each other. Email, Skype, and unlimited cellular plans have been a boon for long-distance relationships. However, situations still arise where one or both parties in a relationship gets sent to a place where our modern communication luxuries are of little or no help.

Therefore, you must do what countless far-flung lovers have done for centuries: Write each other letters. Long, loving, racy, romantic letters. Love notes that you'll both keep and look back at when you're old and want to remember that brief period when you were apart. Remember the excitement of getting letters at camp? Or getting a letter in middle school from a guy you were crushing on? There's still something awesomeromanticmagical about getting a letter. Try writing to each other. It might seem weird at first (who uses a pen anymore?), but it'll be exciting once you start receiving handwritten letters in the mail from each other. And since you're actually taking the time to sit down and compose something, the stuff you'll be saying will be meaningful. It won't be the normal "how was your day?" stuff-- the act of writing a letter could open you both up to deep conversations. Also, send him care packages filled with comforts from home. He's going to get homesick pretty fast, and will appreciate getting his favorite treats, books, DVDs, etc. in the mail.

Otherwise, make the most of what phone/Internet time you have. Set aside time to Skype when he has Internet. Even if it's a small amount of face-to-face time, it'll make the time apart easier. (Just think how hard people in LDR's had it before Skype!) Eight months is a while, but it's not that long if you keep in touch by every means available. And that includes good old-fashioned letter writing. You don't need a strong cellular or wifi signal to send a sweet, romantic letter.