I've ended up somewhere between the two ideas I had. A younger character, university student whom is poised to go down either path depending on which direction life turns.
Depending on how much I can get done today hoping to have her up soon!
Why, it's the first time since I initially spoke up that I don't have a RP backlog... If work doesn't eat me, then I'll read through whatever there is now and see whether my ideas back then still feel applicable.