Where's my DSLR!!!

      No matter where I am or what I'm doing,  I ALWAYS have a camera/extra battery and charger in my bag... a small canon power shot just in case i come across something interesting that is worth documenting and so I don't have the feeling of a missed opportunity. In most instances when I know my destination for the day and anticipate some beautiful scenery or will be around some interesting people, my DSLR always comes with me as well.  One thing I am a big fan of is live music and concerts and always want to photograph them, but for some reason I am always skeptical about bringing my 5d with me when I attend shows.  For the reason that it's big, it's heavy and a it's pricey piece of equipment that most of the time I treat like my child.  I have missed an enormous amount of opportunities that I have kicked myself in the butt for because of that, especially my most recent concert experience.  For my birthday I was surprised with two tickets to one of my favorite bands that was playing in a small venue in NYC.  Now the thing was, originally i knew that they were playing and thought to myself what a perfect concert to photograph, but decided not to get tickets for myself.  So was told by my friend not to make plans on March 30th because he had a surprise planned in NYC for me.  I thought about what it could be and immediately thought THE CONCERT! that's the night of the concert! So of course it was a surprise for me, so i had to go along with it with out saying anything so I wouldn't ruin the surprise he had planned just for me.   So now my thoughts... on NO! i cant bring my DSLR because he"ll know that i know, or what if that's NOT the surprise.  Thinking to myself, if I am right... a small venue, general admission tickets and I'm NOT bringing my 5d! So a point and shoot of course came with me instead.  We pull up in a cab, and there we were, I was right! Highline Ballroom, standing room only with its max capacity of 700 people.  Four feet from the stage, so close i could have grabbed the base player, DSLRless!!  I took some photos with my broken zoom power-shot, but of course it wasn't being very user friendly in the low light situation, but i did my best with what i had.  What an incredible concert,  I definitely wish i had my 5d in my hand.  It was the perfect opportunity to photograph these bands but until next time... my 5d will be coming with me no matter what!