Being Near the Airport

We are about 1/2 hour from the Portland Airport.  It is convenient if you fly often, but it does have it's drawbacks.  Large commercial jets take off and climb into the skies over the Columbia River which is just south of us.  This is especially frequent in the early morning.  The flights seem to leave PDX every 10 minutes from six to eight am and then several an hour all day long.  If I lived here I would get used to it, but after a month here, I still stop to look.  I am usually walking the dogs and have been checking the departure of a plane with Southwest markings.  Six days a week it passes by at 6:45am give of take 5 minutes.