What!?

So my dear husband calls me this morning.  I know that it is not good because he tells me not to get too upset.  OK, that tells me I should get upset.

Remember not too long ago when all the government was about to shut down?  My husband was considered a non essential employee.  He would have been one of the folks laid off.

Now he is calling me telling me his leave may be cancelled because they had a unexpected big project come up!

Excuse me.....are you non essential or so important that you can't take a vacation with your family?

I thought he retired from the military.