How do I keep an end of year relationship going on

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The issue: I'm dating a girl that I met about a month before the school year ended. How do I keep it going over the summer?

Important Bkg info:
I met this girl about a month before the end of the school year was over. Then I guess you can say that about 2 weeks before the end of the semester we started "dating."

So while final projects were due and final exams were going on, we were starting to date.

On her last day we agreed to not see or do things with other people over the summer.

This was a little over 3 weeks ago. Since then -- we've been talking very nearly every single day on the phone/texts/im/video chats. Often we talk for hours.

I know that we've just met, but I really like this girl. And on the days where we don't really talk much or talk at all, I don't feel good. Is that normal?

She has told me that she doesn't expect me to call her every day, that every other day would be fine. But that a text at least once a day would be really nice. She would get worried if it was 3 days since I last called.

I started my internship this past week and she has a job where she lives -- so this past week is the least we've talked in the past 3 weeks since school ended. She mentioned to me the other night that she hopes that we're not "drifting apart." I'd say that we only talked for maybe 4-5 hours across the whole entire week, when in the 2 weeks before that, that wasn't unusual for an entire day.

She is visiting me for the weekend -- but not for another 5 weeks.

How do I keep what we have going until she visits and for the rest of the summer after that? I don't want us to "drift apart" like she mentioned we might be.

I really like her and miss her -- but it is weird to think that for the 5 or so weeks that we've been together, 3 of those have been without even seeing her in person.

How do I continue to make this work?

I should probably add to this that the night I met her - she had just recently broken up with her boyfriend, like within an hour before i met her I think. I'm pretty sure that he broke up with her. She was very drunk that night. I was drinking, but not nearly as drunk as her.

I didn't do anything with her that night - I waited 2 weeks. But I'm still a little bit afraid that I could be a "rebound" or whatever. And now after not talking to her ex for a few weeks, she is talking to him again. He calls her often I get the impression. And he wants to get back with her.

she dated her ex for like 1 1/2 - 2 months.

I'm just trusting her, it's all that I can do.

But I am a tad jealous and a tiny bit worried that she could end up with her ex again and dump me.

This is making her seem very high maintenance. How could you keep that up for long?

well first off, if youve both got a responsibility to take care of like a job then less time spent together doesnt mean youre drifting apart, its HOW the time is spent together that mattersand if hes told her that he wants to get back together with her then she needs to tell him theres no chance in hell and if he refuses to give up and she doesnt want him then she needs to stop talking to him altogether. but if there is that thought in her mind that she wants him back she needs to think long and hard on it and on basically, which of you is the better choice

We live about 6-8 hours away from each other, so until she can come visit and then until school starts again - we can only communicate via phone/video chat/im/text. I should also mention that this is basically my first "real" relationship. And already, the longest lasting relationship that I've ever had. (I'm 20 if you must know). She can be a bit high maintenance sure but I REALLY want to make this last through the summer and make it to the beginning of the school year.She did buy tickets to come visit me - which is great. But 5 weeks for both of us seems like such a long time to wait . We've only been a part for a little over 3 weeks and it feels like its been months. Any suggestions on how to get through this?Her ex-bf re-established contact with her last week. She told me that he asked her to be his GF again but that she told him that she was with me now and that she was wanting to visit me. I think he has been calling her pretty often to talk to her though - perhaps even every day.Should I ask her if her ex is calling her every day? It kind of does make me a little jealous and nervous because I know what his intentions are. Should I talk to her about this? She's told me that I shouldn't be worried and that I can trust her. Last night I was talking to her on aim and she said that she misses me a lot - then i replied back that I missed her too and that I couldn't wait for such and such a date (the date that she is supposed to visit me on ). It'll be here in no time I typed. Then the weirdest thing - she signed off AIM. I tried calling her like 5-6 minutes after she signed off, but she didn't pick up. Pretty odd. Such a weird time to just sign off and not say goodbye. I guess she must have gotten disconnected and then wasnt at her phone?