Long distance relationship advice?

I met this man on true.com and he lives locally by me but his work takes him to the middle east and Russia consistantly. We had this instant connection and things have been going wonderful and even talking about commitments and we even both cancelled our account for true. Lately he has gotten very self absorbed in work and it did bother me but mostly since it was the holidays. Anyways I thought things were getting better but last night we chatted and he kept bringing up his bad habits and how he cant change who he is and I told him I dont want to change him. I felt as if he was trying to give me an"out". Not really sure on how to handle this or should I just let things calm down. I was thinking of telling him how I felt but I dont want to push things. He did mention to be he does not want to disappointment me or have me disallusioned and wants me to be happy and does not want to hurt me. I guess trying to read what he is wanting and the fact he is 10,000 miles away and wont be home till early March is difficult. He was supposed to be home this next week but work issues put a wrench into that plan and he knows I was disappointed since we had all these plans made. He did at one point talk long term permanent relationship but lately he is constantly concerned if I can handle his life style. Any advice I have not dated in over 23 years so getting back into the swing of things is hard and I have been divorced about 2 yrs.He is ex military and widowed and as to making plans for us to get together we are planning for March. Just been out of the loop with dating.

tell him how you feel about him.. Not too strongly.. Just a little at a time, but you really do need to take into consideration his feelings, and his feelings for his work..