She probably misses you also hence the 5 hours and it is interesting to hear about how much your relationship has changed with her.
For me, I and my mother are pretty cool, I am tagged secretive so most times she doesn't know what is happening in my life but I feel like that is a healthy balance to keep, she is way closer to my elder sister though, they are like best friends.
If parents can't accept everything it's better to be secretive with them. My problem is I can't keep my mouth shut so we always fought before. Now it's great though.
😆 my mother wouldn't understand at all so I have always learned to deal with things and Nigerian mothers are too dramatic.