Make selection from path does inverse!?

As always seems to be the case, suddenly and without warning and even though I did NOTHING WRONG... Ok, I'm sure I did SOMETHING, but it's super annoying so HELP!
I normally make speech bubbles for comics by doing an oval selection around text, then using the path tool to draw the little arrow and add it to the selection. But for some reason, every time I do this now, it selects the entire screen except the part where the path was. It is essentially inverted.
What do I do? Just reversing the selection won't work because I lose my oval this way. Redrawing it works, but that's a pretty inelegant solution to the problem.

With the Pen tool selected, do you have the Subtract From Path Area button pressed?
If so, press the Add to Path Area button to the left of it.
-Noel

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