There is a special kind of boredom that one experiences when living long distance from your partner, especially when going from living together to then living apart.
At first you get the whole feeling of freedom being able to do what you want, when you want, and how you want. After a while though, it starts to feel like you are kind of lost almost. You have played all the video games, watched the shows, read some books, but after a while things just start feeling kinda empty.
Along with that, for those of us that have that pesky need for physical touch, makes the word longing not exactly cover the whole that takes a place inside you. You look forward to the short snippets of time that you get to have with your partner, but those only happen every couple of months. You even search for new partners and interact with all sorts of people who ultimately end up more disappointing than anything else. Most people are disappointing, and underwhelming, and the vast majority of the time are entirely dishonest.
So what's left, well boredom and a longing for the feeling of belonging again. Another day ticks by slowly. At least we know it won't last forever. Or hopefully not.