Hail, welcome back.
Iksar Shaman is a solid choice, don't need to travel far unless you want to and usually people around to group with. Find a monk buddy and you're set once you get more of your spell kit.
As for UI you can check out a few options here:
https://www.eqinterface.com/download...&sb=lastupdate Any of the p99 or Titanium ones will work. Duxa, QQ and Rustle seem to be the most popular, there's also a couple that you already have to choose from if you type /load.