Welcome! I re-started in the very early hours of Saturday morning, after /camping Live for the final time a few months before POP.
Incidentally, this time round my character's birthday coincided with my own
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] However, the key difference - like for many players - now in early 40s with family considerations (fiancée, no children yet - but actively planning).
The biggest challenge was reading through the ingame help files to remember commands, set-up Velious UI, and set-up hotkeys / hotkey bars. A few more EQ sessions throughout Sunday and getting used to camera angles / 3rd person, UI, commands, finding my way around Neriak and Nektulos helped regained the old familiarity - and more importantly the fun factor with a capital F!
Hit level 4, bought all but one of my spells that I needed, and /camped in EC Tunnel, with a /Who list of 145 players. Just like old times. So, welcome back to Norrath!
Cheers!